From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from tcsnpop1.tcsn.uswest.net ([207.108.112.1]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with smtp (Exim 3.32 #1 (Debian)) id 163CQ0-0005ih-00 for ; Mon, 12 Nov 2001 03:26:12 -0500 Received: (qmail 90908 invoked by uid 50); 12 Nov 2001 08:26:12 -0000 Received: (qmail 90896 invoked by uid 0); 12 Nov 2001 08:26:12 -0000 Received: from tcsndslgw4poolc88.tcsn.uswest.net (HELO lightstar) (65.100.97.88) by tcsnpop1.tcsn.uswest.net with SMTP; 12 Nov 2001 08:26:12 -0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" From: Jason To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca Subject: Re: Backing up entire system with tar Date: Mon, 12 Nov 2001 01:26:34 -0700 X-Mailer: KMail [version 1.2] References: <000c01c16b2d$bd3a4ee0$7f7ef59b@essex.ac.uk> <20011112154326.A8309@joana.gotss.net> In-Reply-To: <20011112154326.A8309@joana.gotss.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-Id: <01111201263400.24400@lightstar> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca Errors-To: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.6 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: tar can also take a device or NFS share as its destination, I don't remember the exact syntax so check the docs (or if I have some time I'll do it later and post what I find). On Monday November 12, 2001 12:43 am, you wrote: > Here is how it works. > Tar is smart enough to not add an archive to itself. This will work: > tar cvpf /tmp/foo.tar / > If you want the tar under /mnt then do something like this: > mount /dev/hdxx /mnt > cd /mnt > tar cvplf backup.tar / > or > tar czvplf mnt.tar / > > c means create. v be verbose. p save/restore permitions. l stay in local > filesystem i.e. do not cross mountpoints f write archive to a file not > magnetic tape. z pipe the archive through gzip > > Hope this helps.