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On Sun, May 4, 2008 at 5:41 PM, Mark Shields <laebshade@×××××.com> wrote: |
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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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> /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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> /var/db |
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> /var/cache/edb |
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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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> - 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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