In article <alpine.bsf.2.00.0910172230400.45...@freire1.furyyjbeyq.arg> you wrote: > The hardware needs to be returned to the factory for a warranty-covered > replacement. I have an esata docking station and an esata hard drive I > can put this system on though. I'm using the command line and figure I'll > probably end up using cpio to do the backup. What maybe could be a > problem with cpio are the /dev /proc /pts and another directory tree that > needs all of its directories to copy over empty so when the system starts > up for the first time on the usb interface it will create its own files > inside those directory trees. I don't know how to get cpio to create > those directories or directory trees but not copy existing files off the > dying disk into those directories. I did download dar and could use it > but would prefer to just have a complete mirrored backup I can run once > the dying disk is removed. If it helps any, this is an AMD processor > equipped machine. I read about the need for the directory trees being > created empty in the dar tutorial.
I saw this command on the Debian list about 10 years ago and have been using ever since: cd / find . -xdev | cpio -vdump /mnt -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
