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On Sun, May 4, 2008 at 6:20 PM, Mark Knecht <markknecht@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> On Sun, May 4, 2008 at 5:41 PM, Mark Shields <laebshade@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> > |
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> > Look into what's called a "stage 4 backup": |
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> > http://blinkeye.ch/mediawiki/index.php/GNU/Linux_System_Backup_Script_(stage4) |
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> > I've had to actually use it once, and it worked fine. It already excludes |
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> > the appropriate files: |
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> > |
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> > /dev |
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> > /lost+found |
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> > /mnt |
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> > /proc |
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> > /sys |
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> > /tmp |
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> > /usr/portage |
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> > /usr/src |
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> > /var/log |
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> > /var/tmp |
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> > |
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> > /var/db |
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> > /var/cache/edb |
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> > |
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> > It doesn't back up the MBR or the partition tables (primary or logical), |
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> > though you could edit the script to do that. |
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> > |
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> > -- |
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> > - Mark Shields |
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> Thanks Mark. That looks interesting. |
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> I'm not clear about the process of actually making the backup. This |
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> get run on a live file system? I suppose the things it excludes if it |
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> does are the things that might be changing? |
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> - Mark |
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So I tried this out. Although I had a couple of directory issues |
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getting it ready to go it did run eventually. |
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My issue at this point is a matter of gaining confidence that it |
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backed up the right stuff. Considering my file system usage the file |
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size seems smallish at 1.2G. |
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lightning ~ # df -h |
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Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on |
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/dev/sda2 9.2G 6.5G 2.3G 75% / |
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udev 10M 184K 9.9M 2% /dev |
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/dev/sda6 3.7G 740M 2.8G 21% /usr/src |
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/dev/sda8 14G 11G 2.5G 82% /home |
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shm 497M 0 497M 0% /dev/shm |
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none 497M 0 497M 0% /tmp/jack |
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lightning ~ # |
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The terminal where it ran said it backed up about 3.3GB into a 1.2GB |
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file. My file system usage (for a minimal backup) is roughly the 6.5GB |
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on / since minimal doesn't back up /home and /usr/src which I |
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convieniently have on separate partitions anyway. I wonder if half of |
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that 6.6GB really isn't needed? |
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Anyway, the scripts seemed to have worked, but how to verify? That's |
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the question. |
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Could I restore this backup into a different subdirectory somewhere |
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and then chroot into it? |
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- Mark |
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