On Nov 6, 2007 10:50 PM, Bryen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Tue, 2007-11-06 at 22:47 -0500, Adam Jimerson wrote: > > I need help figuring out how to get the YaST back up system be able to > > correctly back up my home partition. I had it set up and ran it, when the > > back up program finished I had two files one .tar and the other a .xml file. > > The thing that throws me off is that the .tar file is only 10 KB and the > > .xml > > file is 676 B when my home folder is 12 GB. By looks that does not look > > right, and when I run the System Restore and it complains about how the .tar > > file is not a correct back up file. > > have you looked at the contents of the tar file to see what exactly was > copied? > > tar -xvf tarfilename > > -- > ---Bryen--- >
As far as I remember, the tar file contains only user created files and configuration files that have been modified since installation. Hence the tar file is very small. The .xml file is an AutoYaST profile that allows you to rebuild your system, restoring user files and configuration files. I experimented with Yast Backup and Restore a while back with 10.2, but wasnt able to get the restore to work. Maybe things have changed with 10.3. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
