Daniel Pielmeier wrote:
tar --atime-preserve --same-owner --numeric-owner -Spvcjf back.tar.bz2 /
Is it really necessary to back up /sys and /proc? What about /dev?
Also, to Björn, I didn't find a -a option in man tar, what does it do?
Is it different that --atime-preserve? Thanks!
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Randy
Randy Barlow schrieb:
Is it really necessary to back up /sys and /proc? What about /dev?
I don't think it is necessary but it will consume almost no disk space
so I don't worry.
Also, to Björn, I didn't find a -a option in man tar, what does it do?
Didn't find this option too!
Is it
Hello Daniel Pielmeier,
Is it really necessary to back up /sys and /proc? What about /dev?
I don't think it is necessary but it will consume almost no disk space
so I don't worry.
/proc/kcore can get rather large. You are not only using the disk space
when backing up, but when restoring
On Wednesday 03 October 2007, Daniel Pielmeier wrote:
Randy Barlow schrieb:
Is it really necessary to back up /sys and /proc? What about /dev?
I don't think it is necessary but it will consume almost no disk space
so I don't worry.
Also, to Björn, I didn't find a -a option in man tar,
On Tue, 02 Oct 2007 16:45:23 -0400
Randy Barlow [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
So I was an idiot when I set up my system and didn't use LVM. Now
that I'm out of disk space on one of my drives and kicking myself, I
want to do it without doing a reinstall. If I use tar -cvjpf
So I was an idiot when I set up my system and didn't use LVM. Now that
I'm out of disk space on one of my drives and kicking myself, I want to
do it without doing a reinstall. If I use tar -cvjpf
oldSystemThatShouldStillWorkWhenUnTarred.tar.bz2 /, then setup LVM, then
tar all that junk back
Randy Barlow schrieb:
So I was an idiot when I set up my system and didn't use LVM. Now that
I'm out of disk space on one of my drives and kicking myself, I want to
do it without doing a reinstall. If I use tar -cvjpf
oldSystemThatShouldStillWorkWhenUnTarred.tar.bz2 /, then setup LVM, then
On Tue, 2007-10-02 at 16:45 -0400, Randy Barlow wrote:
So I was an idiot when I set up my system and didn't use LVM. Now that
I'm out of disk space on one of my drives and kicking myself, I want to
do it without doing a reinstall. If I use tar -cvjpf
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