On Mon, 2007-10-01 at 09:48 -0700, 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 / > > Of course, I am saving the backups on a different drive so that I can > use specific files I want to restore or refer to when rebuilding the new > f7 installation. > > Thanks! > Dan I am not clear why you would want to backup /boot. I just backup my home directory, /etc and /root , using tar. When I untar I use the -k option that does not replace any files on the drive with the same name. -- ======================================================================= *** NEWSFLASH *** Russian tanks steamrolling through New Jersey!!!! Details at eleven! ======================================================================= Aaron Konstam telephone: (210) 656-0355 e-mail: akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
