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Elleni
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 Posted: Sat Feb 04, 2017 3:14 pm Post subject: [solved] mounting usb sticks after restoring from stage4 |
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As my college has a quite similar box, I thought, I could backup my box with stage4.sh and restore it on his machine. The client boots and works only it does not mount usb sticks. I run kde plasma on it with sddm as login manager.
I imagine, when doing a full emerge -e world it would mount usb disks, but is there an other possible reason, and a smarter aproach ?
| Code: | emerge --info
Portage 2.3.3 (python 2.7.12-final-0, default/linux/amd64/13.0/desktop/plasma, gcc-4.9.4, glibc-2.23-r3, 4.9.6-gentoo-r1 x86_64)
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System uname: Linux-4.9.6-gentoo-r1-x86_64-Intel-R-_Core-TM-2_Duo_CPU_E8500_@_3.16GHz-with-gentoo-2.3
KiB Swap: 9767516 total, 9767516 free
Timestamp of repository gentoo: Sat, 04 Feb 2017 11:00:01 +0000
sh bash 4.3_p48-r1
ld GNU ld (Gentoo 2.25.1 p1.1) 2.25.1
app-shells/bash: 4.3_p48-r1::gentoo
dev-lang/perl: 5.22.3_rc4::gentoo
dev-lang/python: 2.7.12::gentoo, 3.4.5::gentoo
dev-util/cmake: 3.7.2::gentoo
dev-util/pkgconfig: 0.28-r2::gentoo
sys-apps/baselayout: 2.3::gentoo
sys-apps/openrc: 0.22.4::gentoo
sys-apps/sandbox: 2.10-r1::gentoo
sys-devel/autoconf: 2.13::gentoo, 2.69::gentoo
sys-devel/automake: 1.11.6-r1::gentoo, 1.12.6::gentoo, 1.14.1::gentoo, 1.15::gentoo
sys-devel/binutils: 2.25.1-r1::gentoo
sys-devel/gcc: 4.9.4::gentoo
sys-devel/gcc-config: 1.7.3::gentoo
sys-devel/libtool: 2.4.6-r2::gentoo
sys-devel/make: 4.2.1::gentoo
sys-kernel/linux-headers: 4.4::gentoo (virtual/os-headers)
sys-libs/glibc: 2.23-r3::gentoo
Repositories:
gentoo
location: /usr/portage
sync-type: rsync
sync-uri: rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage
priority: -1000
x-portage
location: /usr/local/portage
masters: gentoo
priority: 0
ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="amd64"
ACCEPT_LICENSE="* -@EULA"
CBUILD="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu"
CFLAGS="-march=native -O2 -pipe"
CHOST="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu"
CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/lib64/libreoffice/program/sofficerc /usr/share/config /usr/share/gnupg/qualified.txt"
CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/ca-certificates.conf /etc/dconf /etc/env.d /etc/fonts/fonts.conf /etc/gconf /etc/gentoo-release /etc/revdep-rebuild /etc/sandbox.d /etc/terminfo"
CXXFLAGS="-march=native -O2 -pipe"
DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles"
EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS="--with-bdeps=y --jobs=3 --load-average=2"
FCFLAGS="-O2 -pipe"
FEATURES="assume-digests binpkg-logs candy clean-logs config-protect-if-modified distlocks ebuild-locks fixlafiles merge-sync news parallel-fetch preserve-libs protect-owned sandbox sfperms strict unknown-features-warn unmerge-logs unmerge-orphans userfetch userpriv usersandbox usersync xattr"
FFLAGS="-O2 -pipe"
GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://distfiles.gentoo.org"
LANG="de_CH.UTF-8"
LC_ALL="de_CH.UTF-8"
LDFLAGS="-Wl,-O1 -Wl,--as-needed"
MAKEOPTS="-j5"
PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages"
PORTAGE_CONFIGROOT="/"
PORTAGE_RSYNC_OPTS="--recursive --links --safe-links --perms --times --omit-dir-times --compress --force --whole-file --delete --stats --human-readable --timeout=180 --exclude=/distfiles --exclude=/local --exclude=/packages --exclude=/.git"
PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/tmp"
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Unset: CC, CPPFLAGS, CTARGET, CXX, INSTALL_MASK, PORTAGE_BUNZIP2_COMMAND, PORTAGE_COMPRESS, PORTAGE_COMPRESS_FLAGS, PORTAGE_RSYNC_EXTRA_OPTS, USE_PYTHON |
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his user is in the right group?
i'm not sure if he should be plugdev or usb, or both. |
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Elleni ...
you say a 'stage4.sh' was used, I'm not sure what this is, but when using tar you should use '--xattrs' (when compressing/decompressing) to 'enable extended attributes support', and you should also be using '-p, --preserve-permissions'. The symptom suggests its caused by some permission, ownership, or attribute, having changed.
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Elleni
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Hello krinn and khayyam, and thank you for taking care of my problem! 
Well it is a script, that I found for making a full system backup of a gentoo box. and restored it with tar xvjpf archive.bz2 after chrooting from a livecd and creating partitions. Then a emerge sync followed by an grub install, user creation and the system booted fine. Hm, and if it indeed is a permission problem? Which would be the packages to re-emerge in order to get permissions right for beeing able to mount usb drives? Or is it bether to do an emerge -e system or even an emerge -e world anyways?
The used script is:
| Code: | #!/bin/bash
# Backup script for Gentoo Linux
#
# mkstage4.sh is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
# (at your option) any later version.
#
# mkstage4.sh is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
# GNU General Public License for more details.
#
# Copyright: Reto Glauser aka blinkeye
# Mailto: stage4 at blinkeye dot ch
# Homepage: http://blinkeye.ch
# Forum post: http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-312817.html
# Date: 2009-04-02
version=v3.7
basename=`basename $0`
find=/usr/bin/find
tar=/bin/tar
# these are the commands we actually need for the backup
command_list=(cut date echo $find grep hostname mount sh split $tar umount uname which)
# verify that each command we use exists. if one can't be found use $PATH and make a suggestion if possible.
for command in ${command_list[@]}; do
if [ ! -x "`which $command 2>&1`" ]; then
echo -e "\nERROR: $command not found! "
base=`basename $command`
if [ "`which $base 2>&1 | grep "no \`basename $command\` in"`" != "" ]; then
echo -e "ERROR: $base is not in your \$PATH."
fi
exit -1
fi
done
help="\nUsage:\n\nsh `basename $0` [[-v]|[--verbose]] [[-s]|[--split]] \n\nTo run the script NOT in verbose mode comes in handy if you want to see only the errors that occur during the backup.\n"
# Defaults to creating one tarball
tar_output="--file"
# split command
split_options="--suffix-length=1 --bytes=685m"
# options for the tar command
tarOptions=" --preserve-permissions --create --absolute-names --totals --ignore-failed-read"
# where to put the stage4
stage4Location=/mnt/backups/stage4
# name prefix
stage4prefix=`hostname`-stage4-`date +\%Y.\%m.\%d`
# patterns which should not be backed up (like iso files).
# example: default_exclude_pattern="*.iso *.divx"
# These pattern count only for files NOT listed in the $custom_include_list.
default_exclude_pattern=""
# these files/directories are always excluded. don't add trailing slashes.
# don't touch it unless you know what you are doing!
# /var/db and /var/cache/edb are intentionally added here. they are listed
# in $default_include_folders
default_exclude_list="
/dev
/lost+found
/mnt
/proc
/sys
/tmp
/usr/portage
/usr/src
/var/log
/var/tmp
/var/db
/var/cache/edb
$stage4Location
`echo $CCACHE_DIR`"
# files/devices/folders, which need to be backed up (preserve folder structure).
# don't touch it unless you know what you are doing! no recursive backup of folders.
# use $default_include_folders instead.
default_include_files="
/dev/null
/dev/console
/home
/mnt
`find /mnt -name .keep`
/proc
/sys
/tmp
/usr/portage
/usr/src
/var/log/emerge.log
/usr/src/linux-`uname -r`/.config"
# folders, which need to be backed up recursively on every backup.
# don't touch it unless you know what you are doing! the reason for this
# variable is that some users add /var to the $default_exclude_list. here
# we ensure that portage's memory is backed up in any case.
default_include_folders="
/var/db"
# IMPORTANT: A minimal backup will EXCLUDE files/folders listed here. A custom backup will
# include/exclude these files/folders depening on your answer.
custom_include_list="
/home/*
/usr/src/linux-`uname -r`"
# add files/folders here which are subfolders of a folder listed in $custom_include_list which should NOT
# be backed up. eg.
#custom_exclude_list="/home/foo/mp3 /home/foo/downloads /home/foo/.*"
custom_exclude_list=""
# Only files/folders within the $custom_include_list are checked against these patterns
# custom_exclude_pattern="*.mp3 *.iso"
custom_exclude_pattern=""
# the find_command
find_command="$find /*"
# don't backup anything which matches pattern listed in $default_exclude_pattern
for pattern in $default_exclude_pattern; do
find_command="$find_command -not -name $pattern"
done
# assemble the find_command
function find_files()
{
for folder in $default_exclude_list; do
find_command="$find_command -path $folder -prune -o"
done
find_command="$find_command -print"
for i in $default_include_files; do
find_command="echo $i; $find_command"
done
for i in $default_include_folders; do
if [ -d $i ]; then
find_command="$find $i; $find_command"
else
find_command="echo $i; $find_command"
fi
done
}
# check the exclude/include variables for non-existing entries
function verify()
{
for i in $1; do
if [ ! -e "`echo "$i" | cut -d'=' -f2 | cut -d'*' -f1`" -a "$i" != "/lost+found" -a "$i" != "$stage4Location" ]; then
echo "ERROR: `echo "$i" | cut -d'=' -f2` not found! Check your "$2
exit 0
fi
done
}
# check input parameters
while [ $1 ]; do
case $1 in
"-h" | "--help")
echo -e $help
exit 0;;
"-v" | "--verbose")
verbose=$1;;
"-s" | "--split")
tar_output="--split";;
"");;
*)
echo -e $help
exit 0;;
esac
shift
done
echo ""
# check folder/files listed in $default_exclude_list exist
verify "$default_exclude_list" "\$default_exclude_list"
# check files listed in $default_include_files exist
verify "$default_include_files" "\$default_include_files"
# check folder listed in $default_include_folders exist
verify "$default_include_folders" "\$default_include_folders"
#check folder listed in $custom_include_list exist
verify "$custom_include_list" "\$custom_include_list"
#check folder listed in $custom_exclude_list exist
verify "$custom_exclude_list" "\$custom_exclude_list"
# print out the version
echo -e "\nBackup script $version"
echo -e "=================="
# how do you want to backup?
echo -e "\nWhat do you want to do? (Use CONTROL-C to abort)\n
Fast (tar.gz):
(1) Minimal backup
(2) Interactive backup
Best (tar.bz2):
(3) Minimal backup
(4) Interactive backup\n"
while [ "$option" != '1' -a "$option" != '2' -a "$option" != '3' -a "$option" != '4' ]; do
echo -en "Please enter your option: "
read option
done
case $option in
[1,3])
stage4Name=$stage4Location/$stage4prefix-minimal.tar;;
[2,4])
stage4Name=$stage4Location/$stage4prefix-custom.tar
for folder in $custom_include_list; do
echo -en "\nDo you want to backup" `echo "$folder" | cut -d'=' -f2`"? (y/n) "
read answer
while [ "$answer" != 'y' -a "$answer" != 'n' ]; do
echo -en "Do you want to backup" `echo "$folder" | cut -d'=' -f2`"? (y/n) "
read answer
done
if [ "$answer" == 'n' ]; then
find_command="$find_command -path $folder -prune -o"
else
custom_find="$find $folder"
for i in $custom_exclude_pattern; do
custom_find="$custom_find -name $i -o"
done
for i in $custom_exclude_list; do
custom_find="$custom_find -path $i -prune -o"
done
find_command="$custom_find -print; $find_command"
fi
done ;;
esac
# add $custom_include_list to the $default_exclude_list as we assembled
# $custom_find with $custom_include_list already.
default_exclude_list="$default_exclude_list $custom_include_list"
case $option in
[1,2])
stage4postfix="gz"
zip="--gzip";;
[3,4])
stage4postfix="bz2"
zip="--bzip2";;
esac
# mount boot
echo -e "\n* mounting boot"
mount /boot >/dev/null 2>&1
# find the files/folder to backup
find_files
find_command="($find_command)"
# create the final command
if [ "$tar_output" == "--file" ]; then
tar_command="$find_command | $tar $zip $tarOptions $verbose --file $stage4Name.$stage4postfix --no-recursion -T -"
else
tar_command="$find_command | $tar $zip $tarOptions $verbose --no-recursion -T - | split $split_options - "$stage4Name.$stage4postfix"_"
fi
if [ "$verbose" ]; then
echo -e "\n* creating the stage4 in $stage4Location with the following command:\n\n"$tar_command
fi
# everything is set, are you sure to continue?
echo -ne "\nDo you want to continue? (y/n) "
read answer
while [ "$answer" != 'y' ] && [ "$answer" != 'n' ]; do
echo -ne "Do you want to continue? (y/n) "
read answer
done
if [ "$answer" == 'y' ]; then
# check whether the file already exists.
if [ "$tar_output" == "--split" ]; then
overwrite="`ls "$stage4Name.$stage4postfix"_* 2>&1 | grep -v 'No such file'`"
else
overwrite="$stage4Name.$stage4postfix"
fi
if [ -a "`echo "$overwrite" | grep "$overwrite" -m1`" ]; then
echo -en "\nDo you want to overwrite $overwrite? (y/n) "
read answer
while [ "$answer" != 'y' ] && [ "$answer" != 'n' ]; do
echo -en "Do you want to overwrite $overwrite? (y/n) "
read answer
done
if [ "$answer" == 'n' ]; then
echo -e "\n* There's nothing to do ... Exiting"
exit 0;
fi
fi
# if necessary, create the stage4Location
if [ ! -d "$stage4Location" ] ; then
echo "* creating directory $stage4Location"
mkdir -p $stage4Location
fi
echo -e "\n* Please wait while the stage4 is being created.\n"
# do the backup.
sh -c "$tar_command"
# finished, clean up
echo -e "\n* stage4 is done"
echo "* umounting boot"
umount /boot >/dev/null 2>&1
# Integrity check
echo -e "* Checking integrity"
if [ "$zip" == "--gzip" ]; then
zip="gzip"
else
zip="bzip2"
fi
if [ "$tar_output" == "--split" ]; then
if [ "`cat "$stage4Name.$stage4postfix"_*"" | $zip --test 2>&1`" != "" ]; then
echo -e "* Integrity check failed. Re-run the script and check your hardware."
exit -1
fi
else
if [ "`$zip --test $stage4Name.$stage4postfix 2>&1`" != "" ]; then
echo -e "* Integrity check failed. Re-run the script and check your hardware."
exit -1
fi
fi
# everything went smoothly
echo -e "* Everything went smoothly. You successfully created a stage4."
else
echo -e "\n* There's nothing to do ... Exiting"
fi
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khayyam
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| Posted: Sun Feb 05, 2017 6:48 am Post subject: |
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Elleni ... that would pre-date the use of xattr, and while I don't know for sure if this is the cause, the --xattr switch should be used (as per the instructions in unpacking the stage tarball). So, those attributes are lost for the entire install.
| Elleni wrote: | | Hm, and if it indeed is a permission problem? Which would be the packages to re-emerge in order to get permissions right for beeing able to mount usb drives? Or is it bether to do an emerge -e system or even an emerge -e world anyways? |
It's very difficult to say, '--empty-tree @world' should fix the attributes but there may be other issues caused by the script as things have changed since 2009 (/var/run becoming a symlink for instance). It might actually be easier to make your archive again (this time providing --xattr) or do something like tar over ssh (again, providing -p and --xattr) while both target and destination are booted from a USB/CD.
best ... khay |
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Elleni
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| Posted: Sun Feb 05, 2017 10:03 am Post subject: |
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I understand. Unfortunatelly i dont know how to modify the script myself, so I will look for a newer one, and alternatively I will perform an emerge -e world to see if this fixes it. If anyone is able to modify Blinkeyes's script, I could do a new backup. I will also search for a newer scriptversion myself.
Thank you for your comments.
By the way, would it be a bether aproach to do a new minimal install and then make binary packages on the source system and install them on the box to be cloned? I will read and try to find out how to do that.. |
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khayyam
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| Posted: Sun Feb 05, 2017 12:43 pm Post subject: |
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| Elleni wrote: | | I understand. Unfortunatelly i cannot modify the script myself, so I will look for a newer one, and alternatively I will perform an emerge -e world to see if this fixes it. If anyone is able to modify Blinkeyes's script, I could do a new backup. I will also search for a newer scriptversion myself. |
Elleni ... this simplest way to achieve the desire outcome is to rsync one install to the other: boot both machines via a USB or CD, mount the filesystem(s) to /mnt/gentoo (and /mnt/gentoo/<filesystem> if you have separate filesystems, ie for /boot), start ssh on the target machine, and then do the following (from the machine with the install to be copied):
| Code: | | # rsync -av --xattrs -e ssh --progress --delete /mnt/gentoo/ root@192.168.x.x:/mnt/gentoo |
I'm using --delete there with the assumption that this will correct xattrs, but to be safe you could mkfs.ext4 on the target machine so /mnt/gentoo is empty. You could also add --exclude 'home' so as not to copy user data.
Otherwise, you can build a 'stage4' without a script, all you need to is boot from a USB/CD and do the following:
| Code: | # mount /dev/sda2 /mnt/gentoo
# mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/gentoo/boot
# mount /dev/sdb1 /mnt/my_external_usb_drive
# tar -jcvfp --xattrs /mnt/my_external_usb_drive/stage4-$(hostname)-$(date +%F).tar.bz2 /mnt/gentoo/ |
and you could similarly --exclude="/home". Then on the target machine:
| Code: | # mount /dev/sda2 /mnt/gentoo
# mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/gentoo/boot
# mount /dev/sdb1 /mnt/my_external_usb_drive
# tar -jxvfp --xattrs /mnt/my_external_usb_drive/stage4-hostname-2017-02-05.tar.bz2 -C /mnt/gentoo |
One last example 'tar over ssh' (booted from a USB/CD):
| Code: | | # tar -jcvfp --xattrs - /mnt/gentoo/ | ssh root@192.168.x.x "cat > /path/to/disk/stage4-$(hostname)-$(date +%F).tar.bz2" |
| Elleni wrote: | | By the way, would it be a bether aproach to do a new minimal install and then make binary packages on the source system and install them on the box to be cloned? I will read and try to find out how to do that.. |
You could do that, but it adds additional complexity, you might as well start a new install on the target.
best ... khay |
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| thank you very much, you gave me the instruments to do what I want. I have to see which version I will do. I'll mark thread as solved. |
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Elleni
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Just for the record. I built binaries of my whole system -> 2.5 GB and a stage4 image created manually -> 3GB
I used as suggested the following commands, but I had to remove --xattrs as it threw an error telling me that this operation is not supported. and another error suggested that after the f option the filename has to be right after it.
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tar --exclude=home/* --exclude=dev/* --exclude=proc/* --exclude=sys/* --exclude=mnt/* --exclude=tmp/* --exclude=var/tmp/* --exclude=var/lock/* --exclude=var/log/* --exclude=var/run/* --exclude=mnt/root/.bash_history --exclude=usr/portage/* --exclude=var/lib/libvirt/* --exclude=lost+found -jcvpPf stage4-gentoo1-2017-02-08.tar.bz2 / 2> /tmp/backup_errors.log |
I did this from within my linux box. The only errors I have got are:
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tar: /run/user/1002/pulse/native: Socket ignoriert
tar: /run/user/1002/klauncherTJ3656.1.slave-socket: Socket ignoriert
tar: /run/user/1002/kdeinit5__0: Socket ignoriert
tar: /run/dhcpcd.unpriv.sock: Socket ignoriert
tar: /run/dhcpcd.sock: Socket ignoriert
tar: /run/cups/cups.sock: Socket ignoriert
tar: /run/syslog-ng.ctl: Socket ignoriert
tar: /run/dbus/system_bus_socket: Socket ignoriert
tar: /run/udev/control: Socket ignoriert
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I hope, exclusions are ok, and there is not something I have missed. I also added the P option to make message disapear warning me that leading / has been removed.
So I am prepared, and looking forward to access the box with a livesystem (knoppix) remotely to try to extract this stage4 file and see, how it works. |
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szatox
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I think you could replace quite a few exclusions with this single parameter: --one-file-system.
If nothing else, it's gonna rid you of /dev, /proc/ /sys /mnt /media.
It's not uncommon to keep /home and /tmp separate as well, so they are others potentially left out by this. Perhaps /usr/portage too. |
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khayyam
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| Elleni wrote: | | I used as suggested the following commands, but I had to remove --xattrs as it threw an error telling me that this operation is not supported. and another error suggested that after the f option the filename has to be right after it. |
Elleni ... do you have the USE="xattrs" set? ... and yes, my bad, 'f' does need to be prior to filename.
| Elleni wrote: | I did this from within my linux box. The only errors I have got are:
| Code: | tar: /run/user/1002/pulse/native: Socket ignoriert
tar: /run/user/1002/klauncherTJ3656.1.slave-socket: Socket ignoriert
tar: /run/user/1002/kdeinit5__0: Socket ignoriert
tar: /run/dhcpcd.unpriv.sock: Socket ignoriert
tar: /run/dhcpcd.sock: Socket ignoriert
tar: /run/cups/cups.sock: Socket ignoriert
tar: /run/syslog-ng.ctl: Socket ignoriert
tar: /run/dbus/system_bus_socket: Socket ignoriert
tar: /run/udev/control: Socket ignoriert |
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/run is tmpfs, and so that should also be excluded (that is why I prefer doing this sort of thing on a non-live system, everything you rsync, or tar, is as it should be).
| Elleni wrote: | | I also added the P option to make message disapear warning me that leading / has been removed. |
That is why I provided the '-C /mnt/gentoo/' above, anyhow, the warning shouldn't matter.
best ... khay |
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Elleni
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Thank you szatox for your tip, I will look at it
Khayyam, xattr is not set in make.conf explicitely but it is aparently part of the profile as it shows up in emerge --info. Thanks for your explanation on /run. So I will exclude it when restoring to the new box. And I will do the stage from a livemedium next time. If there are some more things to exclude when not beeing on a livemedium, I would apreciate a hint.
I will report back how it works with the cloned box when I am done. |
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Elleni
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Just for the record. After having had troubles with my cloned box again - I had not included /usr/portage, and thus the profile was not symlinked in /etc/portage - I went back and did a new tarball - this time from a livecd and with no exlusions at all. This did the trick. After some adjustements like changing fstab and hostname, creating a user with the right groups and so on, system booted like a charm and the initial problem (not mounting usbsticks) was gone. Thanks again khayyam
Now I just have to figure out how I will confiure the two clients so that my collegues box gets binpkgs from my box via ssh. This wil probably not work anyway as both boxes get only an internal IP (192.168.x.y) from their internet providers, so I guess, I will have to copy the packages over manually with some sort of teamviewer access... |
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khayyam
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| Elleni wrote: | | Just for the record. After having had troubles with my cloned box again - I had not included /usr/portage, and thus the profile was not symlinked in /etc/portage - I went back and did a new tarball - this time from a livecd and with no exlusions at all. This did the trick. After some adjustements like changing fstab and hostname, creating a user with the right groups and so on, system booted like a charm and the initial problem (not mounting usbsticks) was gone. Thanks again khayyam :) |
Elleni ... you're welcome.
| Elleni wrote: | | Now I just have to figure out how I will confiure the two clients so that my collegues box gets binpkgs from my box via ssh. This wil probably not work anyway as both boxes get only an internal IP (192.168.x.y) from their internet providers, so I guess, I will have to copy the packages over manually with some sort of teamviewer access... |
You didn't say, but if they are on the same subnet you can sshfs mount ~portidr/packages to the same on your collegues machine and then use 'emerge --usepkgonly' (again, on the collegues machine). If they are not on the same subnet then you need to use sneeker net (ie, an external hardisk) and similarly '--bind' mount ~packages/.
best ... khay |
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