From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from dukecmmtar01.coxmail.com (dukecmmtar01.coxmail.com [68.99.120.48]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id 60FB110AC6 for ; Fri, 2 Jan 2009 06:21:09 -0500 (EST) Received: from [192.168.0.30] (really [70.166.17.50]) by dukecmmtar01.coxmail.com (InterMail vM.6.01.06.05 201-2131-130-106-20070212) with ESMTP id <20090102112109.GZOW4531.dukecmmtar01.coxmail.com@[192.168.0.30]> for ; Fri, 2 Jan 2009 06:21:09 -0500 Message-ID: <495DF8B4.2030804@baechler.net> Date: Fri, 02 Jan 2009 03:21:24 -0800 From: Tony Baechler User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.19 (Windows/20081209) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." Subject: Re: making a backup of my linux filesystem with tar and bz2 References: <3EEB4420FDA04CF8BFE85C320BD672E0@chihuahuad1><495CC52E.6020100@baechler.net> <319EA7BA5296413080C9AEF1865A3B74@golly> <471185994E71493CAEBE9774FFE74CF6@chihuahuad1> In-Reply-To: <471185994E71493CAEBE9774FFE74CF6@chihuahuad1> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit 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: Fri, 02 Jan 2009 11:21:09 -0000 Nick Gawronski wrote: > Hi, so what command would I run from the mount point where my USB > drive was mounted to only backup the local ext3 filesystem using tar > so the contents of the USB drive would not be included in my backup > and when I wanted to restore it I would be in the directory where the > USB drive was mounted and would mount my system on another mount point > what would I type to do the restoration? Hi, Try this: man tar tar --help Seriously, that's why we have man pages. Even most rescue CDs include them and they generally answer your questions. I'll give you a clue though. You want to have it create a file and not write to tape. I know of no easy way to generate the archive, split it, copy it, cat it and extract unless you have an extra partition somewhere. Instead, a better option might be mondo. I know nothing about it and can't comment on accessibility, but it looks like exactly what you want. I intend to look into it later. It's in Debian Etch but I don't know about Gentoo or live CDs. There is also a boot disk called mindi but again I don't know about accessibility. http://www.mondorescue.org/ If you try it, let me know how it works.