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On Sunday 24 December 2006 13:12, Dale wrote: |
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> OK, so skip /proc, /sys and /dev then? I need to do some reading I |
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> guess, if it ever gets it downloaded that is. This slow dial-up sucks. |
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> :-( |
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For complete partition/disk/OS backups I have used partimage. No doubt it |
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comes with many recovery LiveCDs, but I have only used it with Knoppix. As |
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the package name implies it creates image files. You'll need a swap |
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partition activated though, otherwise you may run out of memory when you are |
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burning the DVD/CD with your images. Partimage has compression options to |
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reduce the size of the backed up image file and you can define the size at |
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which you want to image files split so as to fit on a number of CDs or DVDs. |
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If you want to access particular files/directories within the image file I |
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guess you will need to mount it using loopback, but I haven't tried that yet. |
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HTH. |
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Regards, |
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Mick |
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