>> Have you tested a restore? If you are restoring to 'baremetal', then you >> might actually need something in /dev before udev starts, which is a bit >> tricky as it's 'under' udev... > > Not necessarily. If you're doing a baremetal restore, you already have to > have to boot some minimum OS before you can run the fd anyway. What I have > done several times is this: > > - boot a plain old fedora rescue CD > - copy the fd binaries, config files, and diskinfo scripts onto it > - recreate the partition tables and filesystems using the diskinfo scripts > - mount the new partitions on /restore > - done a full restore with where => /restore > - reinstall the boot load > - reboot into the newly restored system > > Since the boot scripts are designed to come up with an empty /dev and populate > it at runtime, all you have to do is make sure the /dev/ directory exists. >
In gentoo, I believe its possible to boot a live cd (or sysrescuecd http://www.sysresccd.org/Beta-x86) install bacula on tempfs and get it to restore to a real harddrive without installing the OS first. I have not tested that though. John ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF.net email is sponsored by: SourcForge Community SourceForge wants to tell your story. http://p.sf.net/sfu/sf-spreadtheword _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
