thorsten wrote: >> OTOH, if you instead use something like tar or cpio and compress the >> output, you can put it on the stick's native FS. I've not looked at the >> parameters (use man), but something like >> >> tar -cjf /mnt/usbstick/output.file.z . >> >> with additional parameters for preservation of attributes ought to get >> you started. >> >> Then on the receiving system, after cd'ing to the target directory, >> something like >> >> tar -xjf /mnt/usbstick/output.file.z >> >> Be sure and use the man pages. Test and refine your parameters on a >> small subset first. > > > I use > > mount --bind / /mnt/sys-bkup > cd /mnt/sys-bkup/ > tar -cpvjf /mnt/backup/backup.tar.bz2 ./*
That reminds me: IIRC the default for tar is gzip, not bzip? And the "default" suffix would be ".tgz"? I guess it's time to go back and review some docs! :-(( UGH! > > to backup my systems, which does work well. > The bind mount is nice IMO because you don't copy any mounted > subfilesystems with it. No /proc /sys /dev pseudo filesystems get > copied. Just the contents of rootfs. The same effect can be had with tar's "-l" or "--one-file-system" parameters. This can be useful if you want to back up including the topmost directory name, e.g. including "/home" rather than just "./". It also allows you to do the backup from any location if you want to. > > thorsten -- Wit -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
