Hi, I've written a little tutorial about how to install an image on a dedicated server using its rescue system: http://www.falkotimme.com/howtos/dedicated_server_backup_restore_systemimage r/index.php and http://www.howtoforge.com/dedicated_server_backup_restore_systemimager If you have any comments or improvements please tell me!
Cheers, Falko ----- Original Message ----- From: "Falko Timme" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, June 04, 2005 2:58 PM Subject: [Sisuite-users] Restoring a dedicated server with a Busybox rescue system > Hi, > > I'd like to write a tutorial (like this one: > http://www.falkotimme.com/howtos/systemimager/index.php) about using > SystemImager to backup and restore dedicated servers. It's no problem to get > an image of the dedicated server, but the problem is to restore the image on > the server because normally such a server is in a datacenter where we can't > access it physically, and normally it does not have a floppy drive or CD-ROM > drive so we can't insert and boot from an autoinstall diskette/CD-ROM. > Now, the German hoster Strato has just given me a dedicated server for free > for 3 months in order to write this tutorial, and this server has a Busybox > rescue system on it which you can use to repair your main system. I think > most dedicated servers come with such a rescue system on it nowadays, and > I'd like to use it to restore my image on it. > Since the SystemImager autoinstall diskette is also using Busybox, I suppose > there's a way how this can be done. Can anyone give me a list of the > commands executed by the autoinstall diskette so that I can try to run these > commands manually on my Busybox rescue system in order to restore my image? > Do I have to install any software on my rescue system before I can do this? > Do you know any other way how I can restore an image on a server that I > cannot access physically? > > Thanks in advance! > > Best Regards, > > Falko Timme > > Am Kumpenkamp 8 > 29320 Hermannsburg > Germany > Tel.: +49 162 6156052 > Fax: +49 5052 978030 > URL: http://www.falkotimme.com > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.Net email is sponsored by: NEC IT Guy Games. How far can you shotput > a projector? How fast can you ride your desk chair down the office luge track? > If you want to score the big prize, get to know the little guy. > Play to win an NEC 61" plasma display: http://www.necitguy.com/?r=20 > _______________________________________________ > Sisuite-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/sisuite-users > ------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is sponsored by: Discover Easy Linux Migration Strategies from IBM. Find simple to follow Roadmaps, straightforward articles, informative Webcasts and more! Get everything you need to get up to speed, fast. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=7477&alloc_id=16492&op=click _______________________________________________ Sisuite-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/sisuite-users
