Re: [gentoo-user] Clone live system as a simple backup?

2012-03-08 Thread YoYo Siska
On Wed, Mar 07, 2012 at 02:47:08PM -0500, Joshua Murphy wrote: On Wed, Mar 7, 2012 at 8:55 AM, gand...@d-danks.co.uk wrote: Hi,    I'm interested in the idea of cloning a live, complicated hardware system onto a single external hard drive as a simple backup. I would like this external

Re: [gentoo-user] Clone live system as a simple backup?

2012-03-08 Thread Pandu Poluan
On Mar 8, 2012 2:50 AM, Joshua Murphy poiso...@gmail.com wrote: 8 snip As an added note on this, rsync's --one-file-system (-x) flag is handy for avoiding grabbing unneeded things, but will typically leave you without the base few device nodes needed to boot the backup, those can

Re: [gentoo-user] Clone live system as a simple backup?

2012-03-08 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Thu, 8 Mar 2012 23:52:53 +0700, Pandu Poluan wrote: As an added note on this, rsync's --one-file-system (-x) flag is handy for avoiding grabbing unneeded things, but will typically leave you without the base few device nodes needed to boot the backup, those can either be grabbed from a

Re: [gentoo-user] Clone live system as a simple backup?

2012-03-08 Thread Mark Knecht
On Thu, Mar 8, 2012 at 9:12 AM, Neil Bothwick n...@digimed.co.uk wrote: On Thu, 8 Mar 2012 23:52:53 +0700, Pandu Poluan wrote: As an added note on this, rsync's --one-file-system (-x) flag is handy for avoiding grabbing unneeded things, but will typically leave you without the base few

Re: [gentoo-user] Clone live system as a simple backup?

2012-03-08 Thread Brian Wiborg
On 03/06/12 at 11:51AM -0800, Mark Knecht wrote: What are folks best ideas about how to approach doing something like this? Simple answer: Just use ReaR [1], it is even provided in sunrise [2] Regards, bacce [1] http://rear.sourceforge.net/ [2]

Re: [gentoo-user] Clone live system as a simple backup?

2012-03-07 Thread gandalf
Hi, I'm interested in the idea of cloning a live, complicated hardware system onto a single external hard drive as a simple backup. I would like this external drive to be completely bootable. What's the best way to approach doing this? I was considering just doing a Gentoo install from

Re: [gentoo-user] Clone live system as a simple backup?

2012-03-07 Thread Joshua Murphy
On Wed, Mar 7, 2012 at 8:55 AM, gand...@d-danks.co.uk wrote: Hi,    I'm interested in the idea of cloning a live, complicated hardware system onto a single external hard drive as a simple backup. I would like this external drive to be completely bootable. What's the best way to approach

[gentoo-user] Clone live system as a simple backup?

2012-03-06 Thread Mark Knecht
Hi, I'm interested in the idea of cloning a live, complicated hardware system onto a single external hard drive as a simple backup. I would like this external drive to be completely bootable. What's the best way to approach doing this? I was considering just doing a Gentoo install from scratch