Re: Backup Image for my needs

2008-12-19 Thread Ron Johnson
On 12/19/08 20:52, Douglas A. Tutty wrote: On Fri, Dec 19, 2008 at 04:01:26PM -0600, Ron Johnson wrote: On 12/19/08 13:09, Nate Duehr wrote: Douglas A. Tutty wrote: On Wed, Dec 17, 2008 at 08:42:15PM -0600, Ron Johnson wrote: On 12/17/08 19:51, Douglas A. Tutty wrote: No, these actually are

Re: Backup Image for my needs

2008-12-19 Thread Douglas A. Tutty
On Fri, Dec 19, 2008 at 12:09:24PM -0700, Nate Duehr wrote: > Douglas A. Tutty wrote: > >On Wed, Dec 17, 2008 at 08:42:15PM -0600, Ron Johnson wrote: > >>On 12/17/08 19:51, Douglas A. Tutty wrote: > > > >>>As far as I know, Debian doesn't have an installer feature like > >>>OpenBSD's where you can

Re: Backup Image for my needs

2008-12-19 Thread Douglas A. Tutty
On Fri, Dec 19, 2008 at 04:01:26PM -0600, Ron Johnson wrote: > On 12/19/08 13:09, Nate Duehr wrote: > >Douglas A. Tutty wrote: > >>On Wed, Dec 17, 2008 at 08:42:15PM -0600, Ron Johnson wrote: > >>>On 12/17/08 19:51, Douglas A. Tutty wrote: > No, these actually are large systems. A combination of

Re: Backup Image for my needs

2008-12-19 Thread Napoleon
Ron Johnson wrote: On 12/19/08 13:09, Nate Duehr wrote: Douglas A. Tutty wrote: On Wed, Dec 17, 2008 at 08:42:15PM -0600, Ron Johnson wrote: On 12/17/08 19:51, Douglas A. Tutty wrote: As far as I know, Debian doesn't have an installer feature like OpenBSD's where you can boot the installer,

Re: Backup Image for my needs

2008-12-19 Thread Ron Johnson
On 12/19/08 13:09, Nate Duehr wrote: Douglas A. Tutty wrote: On Wed, Dec 17, 2008 at 08:42:15PM -0600, Ron Johnson wrote: On 12/17/08 19:51, Douglas A. Tutty wrote: As far as I know, Debian doesn't have an installer feature like OpenBSD's where you can boot the installer, set up the disk par

Re: Backup Image for my needs

2008-12-19 Thread Nate Duehr
Douglas A. Tutty wrote: On Wed, Dec 17, 2008 at 08:42:15PM -0600, Ron Johnson wrote: On 12/17/08 19:51, Douglas A. Tutty wrote: As far as I know, Debian doesn't have an installer feature like OpenBSD's where you can boot the installer, set up the disk partitions, and run restore right from th

Re: Backup Image for my needs

2008-12-19 Thread Douglas A. Tutty
On Thu, Dec 18, 2008 at 10:14:06PM -0800, Daniel Burrows wrote: > On Thu, Dec 18, 2008 at 10:15:11AM -0800, Rob Starling > was heard to say: > > On Thu, Dec 18, 2008 at 09:11:10AM -0800, Daniel Burrows wrote: > By disabling auto-installation in step (a), you avoid that: you should > get only

Re: Backup Image for my needs

2008-12-18 Thread Daniel Burrows
On Thu, Dec 18, 2008 at 10:15:11AM -0800, Rob Starling was heard to say: > On Thu, Dec 18, 2008 at 09:11:10AM -0800, Daniel Burrows wrote: > > (a) save "aptitude search '~i'" and "aptitude search '~i~A'" > > > > (b) run "aptitude install -o 'Aptitude::Auto-Install=false' > >

Re: Backup Image for my needs

2008-12-18 Thread Rob Starling
On Thu, Dec 18, 2008 at 09:11:10AM -0800, Daniel Burrows wrote: > On Wed, Dec 17, 2008 at 08:51:12PM -0800, Carl Johnson was > heard to say: > > Just because a package is automatically installed doesn't mean that it > > is the choice the package manager would choose. For example many > > package

Re: Backup Image for my needs

2008-12-18 Thread Carl Johnson
"Douglas A. Tutty" writes: > On Thu, Dec 18, 2008 at 12:33:06AM -0600, Ron Johnson wrote: > > On 12/17/08 22:51, Carl Johnson wrote: > > >"Douglas A. Tutty" writes: > > > >I'm not getting after you about this, because I still don't know the > > >best way to handle this. Most dependencies are a

Re: Backup Image for my needs

2008-12-18 Thread Daniel Burrows
On Wed, Dec 17, 2008 at 08:51:12PM -0800, Carl Johnson was heard to say: > "Douglas A. Tutty" writes: > > > Here's what I do (I'm on dialup). > > > > 2. backup to plain text: > > selections from /etc including fstab, inittab, networks. > > output of sfdisk (hard drive partitions) whi

Re: Backup Image for my needs

2008-12-18 Thread Ron Johnson
On 12/18/08 08:07, Douglas A. Tutty wrote: On Thu, Dec 18, 2008 at 12:33:06AM -0600, Ron Johnson wrote: On 12/17/08 22:51, Carl Johnson wrote: "Douglas A. Tutty" writes: I'm not getting after you about this, because I still don't know the best way to handle this. Most dependencies are a si

Re: Backup Image for my needs

2008-12-18 Thread Douglas A. Tutty
On Thu, Dec 18, 2008 at 12:33:06AM -0600, Ron Johnson wrote: > On 12/17/08 22:51, Carl Johnson wrote: > >"Douglas A. Tutty" writes: > >I'm not getting after you about this, because I still don't know the > >best way to handle this. Most dependencies are a single item, so this > >isn't a problem

Re: Backup Image for my needs

2008-12-18 Thread Johannes Wiedersich
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Norman Bird wrote: > I'm looking for recommendations that are simply that will allow me to back > up the image of my Debian Etch box. I will store on windows box connected > via samba. i just want to be able to create the image, store on external HD >

Re: Backup Image for my needs

2008-12-17 Thread Ron Johnson
On 12/17/08 22:51, Carl Johnson wrote: "Douglas A. Tutty" writes: Here's what I do (I'm on dialup). 2. backup to plain text: selections from /etc including fstab, inittab, networks. output of sfdisk (hard drive partitions) which can be fed back to sfdisk

Re: Backup Image for my needs

2008-12-17 Thread Carl Johnson
"Douglas A. Tutty" writes: > Here's what I do (I'm on dialup). > > 2.backup to plain text: > selections from /etc including fstab, inittab, networks. > output of sfdisk (hard drive partitions) which can be fed > back to sfdisk to fix a busted partition table >

Re: Backup Image for my needs

2008-12-17 Thread Ron Johnson
On 12/17/08 21:13, Douglas A. Tutty wrote: On Wed, Dec 17, 2008 at 08:42:15PM -0600, Ron Johnson wrote: On 12/17/08 19:51, Douglas A. Tutty wrote: As far as I know, Debian doesn't have an installer feature like OpenBSD's where you can boot the installer, set up the disk partitions, and run re

Re: Backup Image for my needs

2008-12-17 Thread Douglas A. Tutty
On Wed, Dec 17, 2008 at 08:42:15PM -0600, Ron Johnson wrote: > On 12/17/08 19:51, Douglas A. Tutty wrote: > >As far as I know, Debian doesn't have an installer feature like > >OpenBSD's where you can boot the installer, set up the disk partitions, > >and run restore right from there (from tape, p

Re: Backup Image for my needs

2008-12-17 Thread Ron Johnson
On 12/17/08 19:51, Douglas A. Tutty wrote: On Wed, Dec 17, 2008 at 05:16:21PM -0500, Norman Bird wrote: I'm looking for recommendations that are simply that will allow me to back up the image of my Debian Etch box. I will store on windows box connected via samba. i just want to be able to create

Re: Backup Image for my needs

2008-12-17 Thread Douglas A. Tutty
On Wed, Dec 17, 2008 at 05:16:21PM -0500, Norman Bird wrote: > I'm looking for recommendations that are simply that will allow me to back > up the image of my Debian Etch box. I will store on windows box connected > via samba. i just want to be able to create the image, store on external HD > on wi

Backup Image for my needs

2008-12-17 Thread Norman Bird
Hi, I'm looking for recommendations that are simply that will allow me to back up the image of my Debian Etch box. I will store on windows box connected via samba. i just want to be able to create the image, store on external HD on windows box, or on external HD I can attach to Debian server is ev