On Thursday 13 May 2010, jtd wrote: > cat /dev/sda >tmp/clonedisk > tar -jcvf /tmp/clonedisk /bkp/clonedisk.bz2
Won't that overwrite /tmp/clonedisk? Did you mean: tar -jcvf /bkp/clonedisk2 /tmp/clonedisk Also, you have to be sure that /, /tmp and /bkp are mounted on separate partitions otherwise the backup will just end up trying to back itself up recursively. Regards, -- Raj -- Raj Mathur [email protected] http://kandalaya.org/ GPG: 78D4 FC67 367F 40E2 0DD5 0FEF C968 D0EF CC68 D17F PsyTrance & Chill: http://schizoid.in/ || It is the mind that moves -- http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
