Vagn Scott wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > is there anyway i can make a bottable cdrom weekly with the > > system archived on it... > > Funny you should mention that. I've been thinking along those lines, > too. > I think it would be great if there was a standard way to do it. Then, > if > I was on vacation, my lovely systems would be safe from disaster because > it is not hard to find a sysadmin who knows about the standard way to > do things on Linux systems. :-). OK, here goes... > > ============================= > > Cool projects are made even cooler by a cool name. > I think I will dub this the "Millenium Chainsaw"(tm) > since it cuts down the problem space like a Vorlon Battle Cruiser(sm) > slices through warm butter. And I have working code, sort of :-). > Well, working for me. If it breaks your system you keep the pieces, > as usual. > > Here are the cool things I've got so far: > > 1. A little script that packs away my filesystems in .tgz format. > Compression is on the order of 2:1. > > 2. A little script that > - sticks the MBR in the right place > - partitions the disk, > - makes file systems > - builds the filesystem hierarchy > - loads the .tgz archives back in the right places > - runs lilo, making the system ready for its one and > only reboot. > > 3. A bootable CD recipe, stolen outright from Debian. (Thanks Debian!) > > 4. A recipe for recreating the system should it disappear: > - hardware for the system > - BIOS settings > - how the original OS was installed (not that I will > ever do that again) > - a simple procedure for recovery -- about 10 minutes > unless you decide to check the disk as you make the > filesystems, in which case it takes a lot longer. > > Here are the cool things I want to do: > > 5. move to dump/restore instead of tar. > > 6. keep incremental dumps somewhere on the net so I can get everything > back to the last cron-driven-non-media-eating backup point. > > 7. Steal outright the cool hardware detection code used by the > desktop wannabe distros like Suse, Caldera, and Redhat. > This should give a measure of hardware independence. Right > now I'm counting on hardware being fairly much the same between > the original system and the recovery system. > > 8. Create some "Here, boot this" CDs that install a configured > (everything > off) Debian system on any hardware in under 10 minutes without > asking anybody anything. It boots, slicks the disk, and installs. > The only interaction is "remove CD then press enter to reboot". > This should make Debian a little more popular at the installfests. > > 9. Maybe poke around in the registry for things like monitor > capabilities > and network environment clues. Then again, why trust *anything* > found on a contaminated system? > > 10. A list of tips for getting the services that are off configured > and turned on. The key point is that the system should be basically > usable before we start asking intimidating questions like "what is > your netmask?". Real users do not know WTF a netmask is, and should > have the opportunity to browse the docs for a week or two before > guessing wrong, guessing wrong again, and then maybe getting it > right > or asking the neighbor's kid. > > > p.s. i dont know why i would ever need to recover a crashed a linux > > system anyways ;). > > Because you (yes you) might say "rm -rf foo /*" one day. > Because some genius plugs a data cable into a wall socket. > Because thieves break in and steal. Because water runs downhill. > Because a tornado can bury your lovely system in the heart of an oak. > Because this list has no end. > > ============================= > > So I will clean things up a little, add (minimal) documentation, > and post this on a web page somewhere. Stay tuned. > > -- > _~|__ > >@ (vagn( / > \`-ooooooooo-'/ > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Sweet i will get back to you after i have look over some other options... and i acutally did something similar to rm -Rf /* in y early days... "cp something.txt /dev/hda" man did that fsck it up bad. -Jon
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