On 11/21/05, Michael Torrie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > One way to back up such a small amount of data would to make a 4 GB > ext3-formated file image, then loopback mount it and rsync your entire > disk to the image. Then burn the image directly to a DVD. When you > want to restore, format the drive with the partition structure you want > and then mount the DVD and copy the entire contents to the new disk. > Then you have to make sure fstab is correct and just reinstall grub. > Reinstalling grub is usually a matter of booting knoppix, chrooting to > your disk and running "grub-install."
Someone once sent me this rsync command for backups. It should maintain symlinks, permissions, ownership, all that good stuff. If anyone else has a better one please advise. rsync --ruvlpHS <source> <dest> /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
