Re: How do I backup and restore

1998-05-19 Thread Jens B. Jorgensen
Stephen, You are probably best off with tar, primarily because it is available on the rescue disk. I'm going to assume that you'll be backup up to tape over the network--this will work just fine. First, to make the backup you should boot your laptop into single-user mode. If you use LILO, at the

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1998-05-19 Thread Stephen Beer
--- Begin Message --- I have installed linux on my laptop (I have used one partition only + a swap partition). I would like to backup the partition and restore it on another laptop (of the same model). How can I restore a root partition. I am use to ufsrestore on Solaris. Stephen Beer [EMAIL PROT

How do I backup and restore

1998-05-19 Thread Stephen Beer
I have installed linux on my laptop (I have used one partition only + a swap partition). I would like to backup the partition and restore it on another laptop (of the same model). How can I restore a root partition. I am use to ufsrestore on Solaris. Stephen Beer [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCR