From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from linserver.romuald.net.eu.org (linserver.romuald.net.eu.org [63.228.150.209]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id 71FBF10971 for ; Wed, 31 Dec 2008 22:09:29 -0500 (EST) Received: (qmail 12242 invoked by uid 1000); 31 Dec 2008 20:09:31 -0700 Date: Wed, 31 Dec 2008 20:09:31 -0700 From: Gregory Nowak To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." Subject: Re: making a backup of my linux filesystem with tar and bz2 Message-ID: <20090101030931.GB11134@localhost.localdomain> References: <3EEB4420FDA04CF8BFE85C320BD672E0@chihuahuad1> <20090101030613.GA11134@localhost.localdomain> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; x-action=pgp-signed Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20090101030613.GA11134@localhost.localdomain> X-PGP-Key: http://www.romuald.net.eu.org/pubkey.asc User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.18 (2008-05-17) X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 Precedence: list Reply-To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Id: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 01 Jan 2009 03:09:30 -0000 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 I don't usually reply to my posts, but I forgot to mention that if you want to use tar, but not have it archive file systems other than the / directory, just umount those file systems before starting the tar job. Greg On Wed, Dec 31, 2008 at 08:06:13PM -0700, Gregory Nowak wrote: > Provided that doing the backup while not booted into the system you > want to back up isn't an issue for you, I'd say partition image fits > all the criteria you specified nicely. http://www.partimage.org > > Greg > > - -- web site: http://www.romuald.net.eu.org gpg public key: http://www.romuald.net.eu.org/pubkey.asc skype: gregn1 (authorization required, add me to your contacts list first) - -- Free domains: http://www.eu.org/ or mail dns-manager@EU.org -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAklcM+oACgkQ7s9z/XlyUyDvGACfbIcyvT40WWswaD2JC3A7SOTE TSsAoM71tVs3IvRaWg2EybSoI30+wOcK =8vJo -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----