Re: Can I bakup like this...?? --user mode Reuben?

2003-11-20 Thread Matthew Seaman
On Thu, Nov 20, 2003 at 01:28:35PM +1100, Keith Spencer wrote: Hi all, thanks to all replying. I just spent many hours finding out my bakup strategy was useless (didn't know what I was doing I guess) Now I need to do it properly. Ruben (and others) Can I do the tarring of filesystems in a

Re: Can I bakup like this...?? --user mode Reuben?

2003-11-20 Thread Lowell Gilbert
Keith Spencer [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I just spent many hours finding out my bakup strategy was useless (didn't know what I was doing I guess) You don't really have a backup strategy unless you have tested it. I just finished building myself a new backup system, and I had to run it through

Re: Can I bakup like this...??

2003-11-19 Thread John Mills
Freebies - In case this helps: On Wed, 19 Nov 2003, Keith Spencer wrote: I need a quick n safe backup strategy. One that I can get the machine backup super quick if have to. What say you about this...(and how do I tips please) a) Throw another drive in the box If you can mount a shared

Re: Can I bakup like this...??

2003-11-19 Thread Lowell Gilbert
Keith Spencer [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I need a quick n safe backup strategy. One that I can get the machine backup super quick if have to. Okay, that's your main design goal in your backup strategy; fast recovery in case of main disk failure. You're not worrying about fire, etc. What say

Re: Can I bakup like this...??

2003-11-19 Thread Ruben de Groot
On Wed, Nov 19, 2003 at 09:43:30AM -0500, Lowell Gilbert typed: Keith Spencer [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: [...] a) Throw another drive in the box b) Createthe same or at least minimum size partitions as the active drive c) Cron job to dump or tar or ??? the partitions dd(1) is the

Re: Can I bakup like this...?? --user mode Reuben?

2003-11-19 Thread Keith Spencer
Hi all, thanks to all replying. I just spent many hours finding out my bakup strategy was useless (didn't know what I was doing I guess) Now I need to do it properly. Ruben (and others) Can I do the tarring of filesystems in a cron job without being in single user mode? I just followed a

Can I bakup like this...??

2003-11-18 Thread Keith Spencer
Hi all (thanks to Daniela for digging me out of a fsck hole), I need a quick n safe backup strategy. One that I can get the machine backup super quick if have to. What say you about this...(and how do I tips please) a) Throw another drive in the box b) Createthe same or at least minimum size