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RaceTM Apprentice
Joined: 16 Feb 2004 Posts: 281
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Posted: Fri Sep 22, 2006 12:27 pm Post subject: Backing up your install |
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Hey all,
I was just wondering how everyone backs up their installs. I have been tar'ing up my root drive which seems to work alright, but I was wondering if there was maybea better way of backing up either an entire partition, or an entire drive (including mbr) within gentoo. |
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mdeininger Veteran
Joined: 15 Jun 2005 Posts: 1740 Location: Emerald Isles, observing Dublin's docklands
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Posted: Fri Sep 22, 2006 12:33 pm Post subject: |
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i think tarring up things the way they're installed is pretty much the best and easiest way. i think there even were some scripts that did exactly that, check the "documentation, tips & tricks" forum for a "stage4 howto".
aside from that method, you could also use dd in combination with bz2. that would make exact images of your harddrive (or partition, whatever you set it loose on), but it would obviously require a lot more space. _________________ "Confident, lazy, cocky, dead." -- Felix Jongleur, Otherland
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NeddySeagoon Administrator
Joined: 05 Jul 2003 Posts: 54098 Location: 56N 3W
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Posted: Fri Sep 22, 2006 12:50 pm Post subject: |
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RaceTM,
I don't backup my install - The install can be recreated overnight from sources.
You need to backup /home - thats were all your preicious user data is. _________________ Regards,
NeddySeagoon
Computer users fall into two groups:-
those that do backups
those that have never had a hard drive fail. |
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mdeininger Veteran
Joined: 15 Jun 2005 Posts: 1740 Location: Emerald Isles, observing Dublin's docklands
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Posted: Fri Sep 22, 2006 12:57 pm Post subject: |
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NeddySeagoon wrote: | RaceTM,
I don't backup my install - The install can be recreated overnight from sources.
You need to backup /home - thats were all your preicious user data is. |
well, actually that's what i do too... _________________ "Confident, lazy, cocky, dead." -- Felix Jongleur, Otherland
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madisonicus Veteran
Joined: 20 Sep 2006 Posts: 1130
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Posted: Fri Sep 22, 2006 12:59 pm Post subject: |
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In addition to my /home/ folders I make sure to keep a copy of my .config and /etc/portage/package.* files someplace off my HDD. |
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nixnut Bodhisattva
Joined: 09 Apr 2004 Posts: 10974 Location: the dutch mountains
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