On Tue, 2 Apr 2002 18:44:25 +0200
martin f krafft <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> also sprach Shawn McMahon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002.04.02.1710 +0200]:
> > Well, you could use Ghost or DriveImage.
 
[snip]

> or you could tar up the root directory except for /dev and /proc and
> provide a boot disk to untar it onto a disk on which you created
> partitions all from a boot disk. after untaring you only need to
> recreate /dev and install lilo. that's a 20 line script if you ask
> me...

I know the pointlessness of tarring /proc. But what's the danger of
backing up /dev?


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