Bernard wrote: > Hi to Everyone ! > > On my previous systems, I used to create overall backups of partitions, > using 'SystemRescueCD'. This is no longer possible ever since 2007 that > I have a RAID1 mirroring system on my Debian. SystemRescueCD does not > backup LVM volumes, or, if it does, that must be a very new feature, and > I have not found any doc on this.
Why do you want to backup LVM volumes instead of simply backing up your data? rsync -a /mounted/partition /directory/on/mounted/backup backs up all I need. Read man rsync for its options. > So, what should I do so as to backup my system ? I once tried 'dd', but > I think I remember it took forever, and I don't really know whether I > would have been able to use the resulting file to successfully restore > the partitions if needed. dd will copy everything, including empty space. > Could someone suggest something that has been successfully tried ? Even > 'dd' could do, if it is OK with LVM and if I get some details. I > understand that I would have to unmount the partitions, but this is not > a problem. I have two IDE mirrored disks of 200 GB each. Why not just copy the data off the mounted partition. Even more simple and faster. -- Johannes In questions of science, the authority of a thousand is not worth the humble reasoning of a single individual. - Galileo Galilei, physicist and astronomer (1564-1642) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4bd70a07.6040...@physik.blm.tu-muenchen.de
