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> why backup mbr? installing grub takes less time then the backup and restore |
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> of |
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> the mbr. |
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> And dd for backups? Why wasting space? Why suffering from problems when the |
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> new |
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> harddisk has a different size? |
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> Just tar up everything. |
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> |
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> Ok, so is this correct? |
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Backup with tar; |
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1. boot from cd |
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2. mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/boot |
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3. cd /mnt/boot |
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4. tar czf /otherdisk/boot.tar.gz * |
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5. mount /dev/sda3 /mnt/root |
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6. cd /mnt/root |
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7. tar czf /otherdisk/root.tar.gz * |
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Restore; |
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1. Boot from cd |
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2. fdisk /dev/sda |
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3. mkfs.ext /dev/sda1 |
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4. mkswap /dev/sda2 |
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5. mkreiserfs /dev/sda3 |
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6. mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/boot |
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7. cd /mnt/boot |
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8. tar xzf /otherdisk/boot.tar.gz |
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9. mount /dev/sda3 /mnt/root |
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10. cd /mnt/root |
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11. tar xzf /otherdisk/root.tar.gz (should i exclude anything? /proc /sys?) |
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12. chroot /mnt/boot |
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13. grub-install --no-floppy /dev/sda |
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14. reboot |
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