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> I am using rdiff-backup for my full system backups. Of course, it would |
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> be annoying if I had to use it to do a full restore. I would need a |
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> LiveCD with rdiff-backup on it. |
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> I am assuming the gentoo install cd's dont have this. I have looked at |
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> knoppix, it is not on those. Any ideas? |
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Sure, there's stuff in gentoo-wiki about building a live CD from gentoo: |
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http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_build_a_LiveCD |
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http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_build_a_LiveCD_from_scratch |
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Also there appears to be a live CD for linux from scratch that may allow for |
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a simpler live cd creation: |
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http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/livecd/ |
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I haven't done anything with it but it appears to have scripts etc. to build |
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your own live CD. It's probably much more minimal than the Gentoo CDs, so |
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you might be able to package it with part of your backup data. |
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If so you could boot with disk 1, restore data, mount 2 and restore, ... |
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