Paul wrote,

> Is it possible to backup your entire system by tar /bziping / ? then
> incase of a system rebuild / reinstall you could boot to a boot disk and
> untar your machine? If so what is the best way of doing this?

Yes, you can.

There was just an entire thread on this, initiated by me, only about a week
ago, to which many knowledgable people kindly responded in detail. Yes, it
can be done, but when you create the tar.gz files make sure to use the -P
option to make the directories absolute. To get the whole thread, you should
go to the archives and do a search on "backup" and "tar."

Charles Muller

Toyo Gakuen University
Digital Dictionary of Buddhism and CJK-English Dictionary
http://www.acmuller.net

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