>>>>> "Word" == Word Wizard <[email protected]> writes:
Word> One of the reasons I adopted Linux (Ubuntu Intrepid) was that, Word> unlike Windows, it SUPPOSEDLY allowed one to fully back up the Word> entire system, system files and all, and restore them. So if you Word> installed files or configured your system and made mistakes, you Word> revert to a previous system. That's the theory. The reality is a Word> bitter disappointment. [...] Word> First problem. Upon reboot I get an "error 15" Can't find the Word> grub files. They are there but It seems the problem may be with Word> using UUIDs instead of (hd0) notation. The UUIDs change. What Word> no-life propeller head chose to use UUIDs anyway? Realise that the boot loader does not live in a filesystem. Grub lives in the MBR of the boot device (or something like that), so backing up and restoring the filesystems won't install grub for you. If you are restoring to new (or different) media, you'll have to reinstall grub on the boot device. Check grub documentation for details. Everything else should work okay, I think with the possible exception (I don't typically use tar that way, so I'm not certain of its option semantics) that you probably want to backup the mount points (just not their contents) /sys, /proc, /media, etc. That is, you want those directories to exist in your restored filesystem. -- Russell Senior, Secretary [email protected] _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
