Re: [gentoo-user] [Somewhat OT] Backup software for CDs.

[Dale]

Neil Bothwick wrote:
> On Sun, 24 Dec 2006 04:07:50 -0600, Dale wrote:
>
>
>>> Yes, because the files are stored in an archive file, not directly on
>>> the CD. dar can split the archives into CD (or DVD) sized chunks and
>>> kdar can (AFAIR) write them to disc. dar also creates an index of
>>> what's in which file and writes this to the first and last backup
>>> files.
>>>
>
>
>> May need a little more info on this archive part.  If I use this to back
>> up my whole system and then lets say the hard drive fails completely.  I
>> can just untar or unzip to restore the system right?  I have some data
>> to back up but I may use this to do a system back-up too.
>>
>
> dar uses its own archive format, so you'll need a live disc with the dar
> executable to unpack them. I think there's a statically compiled version
> of dar available that you can chuck on your backup discs.
>

Hmmm, does the Gentoo CD have this?
>
>> While I am at it, if I do a system back up, do I need to worry about
>> backing up /proc and /sys?  From my understanding the kernel generates
>> these when it boots up.  Just curious about what I really need to back
>> up.  Oh, what about /dev too.  I use udev and have the tarball set to
>> no.
>>
>
> All three are virtual filesystems, so you should not attempt to back them
> up. I prefer to use the --one-filesystem option when backing up with tar,
> dar has a similar option AFAIR.
>
>
>

OK, so skip /proc, /sys and /dev then?  I need to do some reading I
guess, if it ever gets it downloaded that is.  This slow dial-up sucks.  :-(

Thanks for the info.  One of these days I'll actually know something.  LOL

Dale

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