[ltp] Complete Backup (and restore)

[James P. K. Gilb]

Ed Siegner wrote:
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> 
> "Will a MS product be able to hold the TAR file".  It should, but within
> it's file naming convention - ie 8.3. NFS to a Linux/UNIX machine will
> keep the same file format. 

I ran across a problem copying a tar file over to a windows partition, 
it couldn't handle a file larger than 2 Gb.  Depending on your Linux 
filesystem, this may not be a problem.  I had created the .tar.gz file 
on the linux partition and transferred it to the windows partiton so I 
could move it to our Samba server (Now I know how to do it from Linux, 
but I was still learning then).  Most of it was copied before if failed 
because the file was too large.

Other than that, you should be OK.

>>(btw... I am a fan of OSs in general, not just MS... I also have BeOS,
>>Lindows, FreeBSD, Many flavors of Linux, FreeDOS, Dr Dos and so forth =) --
>>Linux is the coolest and you can find out what you are running and what is
>>exposed...)
>>
>>Thanks,
>>Adam Southerland
>>
> 
> 
> Adam, check out www.tldp.org" and maybe stop by "Paul Sheer's" web site. 
> 
> 	http://www.icon.co.za/~psheer/book/index.html.gz
> 
> He has an excellent book, "LINUX: Rute User's Tutorial and Exposition
> (Version 1.0.0)" in PDF, HTML and paper that will give you a wealth of
> information. He's put a lot of work into it but is offering it under the
> GNU.  
> 
> All that I have suggested works nicely and will be tools for your future
> with Linux but build confidence in them before placing yourself out on a
> limb. Also see what other options the list may offer - beauty of Open
> Source (open mind) and Linux.
> 
> Ed
>  
> 
>>----Original Message Follows----
>>Hi Adam,
>>
>>Hum... There are many ways to back up a Linux system - all depending on
>>how things are setup.
>>
>>For my own systems, I have partitioned my hard disk where the /home and
>>/usr/local are in there own partitions. Any software that was not on the
>>distribution CD is under /usr/local. I backup/archive these partitions
>>to CDs once a month, or more, depending on the level of change, along
>>with the configuration files found in the /etc subdirectory (XFree86,
>>iptables or ipchains, network information and other odds and ends.)  If
>>something should happen to the hard disk - failure, hack, or what every,
>>I will use the original distribution CDs to recreate the system and then
>>use the backup/archive CDs to restore the 2 fore mentioned
>>subdirectories. I keep electronic notes on configuration procedures in
>>cookbook/HOWTO style, so reinstallation is easy.
>>
>>>From your discription, it sounds like you have a full disk. I didn't
>>sense you have a tape or CD burner? If you have access to a large
>>"shared resource" on a machine that can hold your backup using NFS or
>>Samba, you could "tar" the fore mentioned partitions to a file on them.
>>Does this sound like a solution you want to look into?
>>
>>Ed
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