Awesome. I've been trying to develop a good backup strategy for my own system. This will help immensly. Thanks for posting!!!!!!!!!
On Tue, 17 Oct 2000, kmself@ix.netcom.com wrote: > > On Tue, Oct 17, 2000 at 01:08:23PM +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] ([EMAIL > PROTECTED]) wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I'm using a cheap, low-spec PC (running Debian 2.2) as a dial-up server, > > firewall, proxy webserver, etc. for my main home PC. > > > > Now I have it configured as I want it, I'd like to make some backups. The > > problem is that the only backup device available is a 100MB parallel-port > > Zip drive. This isn't supported by any of the 'standard' rescue disks, and > > anyway it is a bit small to back up everything. Fortunately, I can afford a > > few days off the Internet if I ever have to rebuild the PC, so here's my > > plan:- > > > > To backup: > > 1. Back up /usr/local, /home, and /etc to the Zip disk. > > 2. Capture the output of 'dpkg --get-selections' to a file and back it up > > to the Zip disk. > > 3. Back up /usr/src/linux/.config to a floppy - I won't be able to read > > from the Zip disk until I have rebuilt a custom kernel. > > > > To rebuild: > > 1. Install the base Debian system, plus the kernel source package, > > make-kpkg, and any dependencies. > > 2. Copy the kernel config file from floppy to /usr/src/linux. Build and > > install a custom kernel with parallel-port Zip support. > > 3. Now I can read the Zip disk, and run 'dpkg --set-selections' against the > > saved output from 'dpkg --set-selections'. > > 4. Run dselect (or apt-get ...) to fetch and install the selected packages. > > 5. Restore /usr/local, /home, and /etc (this should restore all the > > original configuration files). > > > > Will this work? Is there anything I have missed? Any comments and > > suggestions gratefully received. > > Sounds reasonably good. > > I'd run through the recovery process, to the extent of: > > - Building a kernel from your archived configuration file(s). > - Booting new kernel (modify lilo to do this). > - Confirming read of Zip drive. > - Reading package list (you don't have to run it, just read it). > - Verify (tar -tvf) your backup archives. > > See if there's anything which didn't work as planned. With the > exception of /lib/modules/<kernel-version> and /etc/lilo.conf, there > shouldn't be any part of your system you'll need to modify to do this. > > Note that Zip media can be flaky, you'll probably want a couple of > copies of the archive to be on the safe side. > > -- > Karsten M. Self <kmself@ix.netcom.com> http://www.netcom.com/~kmself > Evangelist, Opensales, Inc. http://www.opensales.org > What part of "Gestalt" don't you understand? There is no K5 cabal > http://gestalt-system.sourceforge.net/ http://www.kuro5hin.org > GPG fingerprint: F932 8B25 5FDD 2528 D595 DC61 3847 889F 55F2 B9B0 > ---------------------------------------- Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="unnamed" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Description: ---------------------------------------- -- Got freedom? http://www.debian.org
