On Sun, Jan 18, 2009 at 11:25:01PM -0800, pos...@basicisp.net wrote: > I have a damaged system on my laptop and am trying to salvage data, then will > likely install a new system (etch or lenny, was sarge). I'd like to save the > home folder and a few useful files gleaned from the etc folder, keeping > permissions. I'll use a live cd to do the salvage work (lenny live, knoppix, > knoppix STD or slax -- I have all available) and write to a 4GB usb flash > drive. > > Is this the proper syntax? I believe the -c must be first and the -f last. > > tar -chpvf /mnt/sda1/homebackup.tar /mnt/hda2/home > > -c is create a new archive > -h is retain symlinks but not the files to which they point > -p is preserve permissions > -v is verbose > -f is indicating that the destination file name follows immediately after > > Is -h the best way to handle symlinks? > Is having the destination file on a flash drive a potential problem? > > On my older desktop machine running sarge drag and drop with the flash drive > in K3b doesn't work well and it loaths umounting the flash drive. Sarge on > the hard drive was occasionally problematic, too. Slax lists my partitions on > the console as /mnt/sda1 (or /media/sda1 -- the flash drive) and /mnt/hda2 > (or /media/hda2 -- it's the partition with the problem). > > Your input is appreciated. Please cc me as I am not currently subcribed to > the list.
have a look at rdiff-backup
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