On 10/14/2002 12:37 PM, Erez Boym wrote: >Hi, > >What would be the way to backup an entire system ? > >I have a server which I need too backup, a complete >backup setups, *-conf, data, everything and then to >easily rebuild the entire server back from scratch. > >Would it be enough to copy the entire file system on >to DVDs, Tape etc. and then reinstall Linux and copy >the entire file system back in or do I need a tool >like "Ghost" ? >
If you really want to backup the whole setup and not only the data, you might want to consider using HDD as backup media. Simply add new HDD to the system and use 'dd' to make exact backup. Then if one HDD will fail, just replace it with the backup HDD. Sagi ================================================================= To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
