Re: Backing up the system

2000-10-11 Thread kmself
On Wed, Oct 11, 2000 at 11:01:49AM -0400, Jason Hammerschmidt ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > To make complete backups, I think it's best to create a mirror image (dd > if=/dev/hdax of=/dev/hdbx), it has a good $/GB considering what drives cost > today, and you know you have an exact replica, down t

Re: Backing up the system

2000-10-11 Thread Jason Hammerschmidt
To make complete backups, I think it's best to create a mirror image (dd if=/dev/hdax of=/dev/hdbx), it has a good $/GB considering what drives cost today, and you know you have an exact replica, down to the bit. Besides the downsides that Karsten mentioned for this, you also have to worry about

Re: Backing up the system

2000-10-11 Thread will trillich
On Sat, Oct 07, 2000 at 07:14:16PM -0700, kmself@ix.netcom.com wrote: > On Sat, Oct 07, 2000 at 11:30:18AM +0200, Willi Dyck ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > i wanna backup my whole system. which method do you recommand? > > should i zip / or should i write an image of /dev/hdax?

Re: Backing up the system

2000-10-07 Thread kmself
On Sat, Oct 07, 2000 at 11:30:18AM +0200, Willi Dyck ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Hi all, > > i wanna backup my whole system. which method do you recommand? > should i zip / or should i write an image of /dev/hdax? > i also want to keep all the file/user/group permissions including hidden > files.