Re: Backup on cd-s

2000-04-28 Thread Smoerk
>Problem is - create bootable CD, that contains all tools >neccesery to repair broken system (mkfs, fdisk, vi, tar, gzip >etc, etc) , and that contains data track >with all backuped files ( >as usr.tar.gz home.tar.gz root.tar.gz and all). There is tool announced at freshmeat today, which does e

Re: Backup on cd-s

2000-04-27 Thread Michael W. Shaffer
Well, this is not exactly what you are asking about, but I have built a number of Debian systems which run entirely from bootable floppies and CDs. I compiled a very short FAQ about the bootable CD based Linux system: http://equusasinus.com/lxa/faq.html as well as more general information along w

Backup on cd-s

2000-04-27 Thread Dariush Pietrzak
Hello, i used to backup my servs on old HP SureStore 4Gig tapes, it took almost 5h to fill-up whole tape, but it worked. until they took HP SureStore from me and left me with SGI-packaged Conner streamer, which i found broken too late. Recently I realised that i need only about 600Megs to store