Janus wrote:
On Sunday 04 November 2007 12:30, Jon Clausen wrote:
Does anything dictate that you *must* use the old system to do the backup?
No. I just need a reliable backup of "everything". I prefer to do copy the
backup to the external HD.
Otherwise you *could* just boot the 10.3 media to a rescue system, and use
that to mkfs, mount, and backup to the USBdisk.
Worth a shot, no?
Thanks. Haven't thought about that solution and I am not familiar with "mkfs".
but I guess I get the idea: I make some backup tar files, boot SuSE Linux
10.3 from a DVD (maybe the "live" version would be even better - maybe it has
the YaST partitioner tool?), and from here I will have access to the external
HD which I can then copy the backup tar files to. Great idea. Will give it a
try. Thanks!
I mean, the alternative;
(...)
*is* going to take some time...
Oh yes... ;-)
Janus
There was a discussion only last week (?or week before) in this forum
about doing backups. Check out the archives for the discussion - start here:
http://marc.info/?l=opensuse&r=1&w=2
Cheers.
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