On Thu, Jan 29, 2009 at 04:21:59PM +0000, Daniel T. Nevistic wrote: > > tar cvzf back_up.tgz /bin /lib /usr /etc /boot /var <anything else you > need> > > Or cp -a, or dd, or whateva. >
I recently had a hard drive go wonky on my host system. For a while I could still access a lot of the data on it, and managed to retrieve 'most' of it. (using my brand-new lfs as a rescue tool). ISTR that when I used the cp -a, it didn't pick up any files or dirs beginning with a period. Like .emacs, .postfix/, etc. But that the tar method did. I could be wrong, it was a stressful time..... scott swanson -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
