On Tue, 28 Dec 2004 22:02:00 +1100, Robert S <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Is there a way of doing this (preferably remotely) without unmounting the > >> filesystem (like the new version of Norton Ghost is able to do in > >> Windows)? > > > > A backup is easily done with dd, for example: > > dd if=/dev/sda1 bs=1M | gzip -c9 > /media/usbdrive/sda1.bin.gz > > > > When restoring you might run into some discontinuities with files which > > were open during the backup, but as long as these are logfiles, it > > shouldn't be a big problem. Just make sure you closed all importand files > > (if any) before backing up this way. > > > Thanks for the speedy answer. I have a feeling that /etc/mtab gave some > problems with this approach. Has anybody tried this? > > The advantage of gzip is that the files can be easily browsed with a Windows > machine (which make up most of our office computers). Its also easy for > people with limited knowledge to understand!! > > Is there any advantage to using dump? I noticed on the FreeBSD docs that > they recommended it for mirroring a hard drive. I've never used it before. >
IIRC "dump" has limits, like working only with ext2 fs. Recalled another tool that you can check, AMANDA, in Debian amanda-common amanda-client amanda-server... Andrea -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
