>[mailto:fedora-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of ed@xxxxxxxxxx >Sent: Monday, October 01, 2007 10:14 AM >To: For users of Fedora >Subject: Re: Best way to backup a specific drive? > > >On Mon, 1 Oct 2007, Daniel B. Thurman wrote: > >> >> I am preparing to backup my root drive in preparation >> for installing f7. What is the best way to do this? >> >> I have in /dev/hda as: >> >> /boot = /dev/hda1 >> / = /dev/hda2 >> >> I have backed up /boot with: tar zcvpf /boot.tgz /boot >> >> But have get to figure out how to get /dev/hda2 backed up without >> picking up the other drives mounted on / >> > >No problem use the '--one-file-system' or '-l' parameter for tar: > >tar zcvplf {somewhere}/root.tgz / > >ed > >-- Ah, that does the trick! Thanks to all who responded so quickly! Dan No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.488 / Virus Database: 269.13.35/1040 - Release Date: 9/30/2007 9:01 PM
