On 27 Mar 2009 at 12:42, Bill Crawford wrote:
From: Bill Crawford
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Subject:Re: Backing up system
Date sent: Fri, 27 Mar 2009 12:42:56 +
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Bill Crawford wrote:
> On Friday 27 March 2009 09:01:30 Michael D. Setzer II wrote:
>
>> It does work best if you clear unused space before doing an image to reduce
>> space since the null filled sectors compress to almost nothing.
>
> How do you do that?
head -c 1 /dev/zero >100mega
wi
On Friday 27 March 2009 09:01:30 Michael D. Setzer II wrote:
> It does work best if you clear unused space before doing an image to reduce
> space since the null filled sectors compress to almost nothing.
How do you do that?
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On Fri, Mar 27, 2009 at 5:29 AM, GMS S wrote:
>
> Hi,
> http://www.sysresccd.org/Download
> With the SystemRescueCd I backed up the /dev/sda6 partition in /mnt/backup/
> naming "diskimage"
>
> After backing up operation the file has the automatic extension like
> "diskimage.000".
> Is this file o
Hope this isn't to Off-Topic... but related info.
Been watching this thread, and want to mention the methods that I have
used. G4L and G4U can both do disk and partition images. I must point out
that I am the current maintainer of the Free G4L.
I develop the system on my Fedora machines, but i
Hi,
http://www.sysresccd.org/Download
With the SystemRescueCd I backed up the /dev/sda6 partition in /mnt/backup/
naming "diskimage"
After backing up operation the file has the automatic extension like
"diskimage.000".
Is this file ok to restore?
If I name it "diskimage.gz" then it is automatic
On Thu, Mar 26, 2009 at 8:38 AM, GMS S wrote:
>
> Hi,
> With the SystemRescueCd ,typing xinit in the terminal a graphical interface
> with the terminal appears.
> There typing partimage got the partimage window.
> Giving a filename like "backup" the backing up process starts.
> After a while it p
GMS S wrote:
> Hi,
> Reading this:http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=35087
> I ran this command from terminal being root
>
>
> tar cvpzf backup.tgz --exclude=/proc --exclude=/lost+found
> --exclude=/backup.tgz --exclude=/mnt --exclude=/media --exclude=/sys /
I suppose some excludes could
Hi,
With the SystemRescueCd ,typing xinit in the terminal a graphical interface
with the terminal appears.
There typing partimage got the partimage window.
Giving a filename like "backup" the backing up process starts.
After a while it prompts that there is no space left.
The current directory w
On Thu, Mar 26, 2009 at 2:02 AM, wrote:
>
> promac wrote:
>
> [
> You can do this way, but ideally your file system should be unmounted (boot
> from
> a live CD/DVD).
>
> I, personally, use BackupPC for /home and partimage for the file system (/
> and /boot).
>
> --
> Paulo Roma Cavalcanti
> LCG
promac wrote:
[
You can do this way, but ideally your file system should be unmounted (boot
from
a live CD/DVD).
I, personally, use BackupPC for /home and partimage for the file system (/
and /boot).
--
Paulo Roma Cavalcanti
LCG - UFRJ
]
Would someone please tell how to use partimage to backu
On Sat, Mar 21, 2009 at 9:25 AM, GMS S wrote:
>
> Hi,
> Reading this:http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=35087
> I ran this command from terminal being root
>
>
> tar cvpzf backup.tgz --exclude=/proc --exclude=/lost+found
> --exclude=/backup.tgz --exclude=/mnt --exclude=/media --exclude=/sys
On Sat, Mar 21, 2009 at 4:25 AM, GMS S wrote:
>
> Hi,
> Reading this:http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=35087
> I ran this command from terminal being root
>
>
> tar cvpzf backup.tgz --exclude=/proc --exclude=/lost+found
> --exclude=/backup.tgz --exclude=/mnt --exclude=/media --exclude=/sys
Hi,
Reading this:http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=35087
I ran this command from terminal being root
tar cvpzf backup.tgz --exclude=/proc --exclude=/lost+found
--exclude=/backup.tgz --exclude=/mnt --exclude=/media --exclude=/sys /
But the last two lines from terminal.
/boot/initrd-2.6
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