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Bhavesh wrote:
Dear Mr. Nikhil,
I am having a linux PC running RH9 with 4.3 GB Hdd. I am using it for Internet sharing.
I need some help on backup and Restore. What are methods or commands I can use for backup?
best I think will be rsync, since it will preserve data perms too... do man rsync and check out for the options.... u can tar and store ur data on some other media over the network also.... can be used as a Cron job also... so u need not run it manually....(unless u want to),...
Can I backup entire HDD ? I mean everything on HDD including volumes
if u mean disk images, I am sure u can but I don't know any command/third party tool that lets u do that in Linux... but otherwise rsync will let u do that also....
How do I restore ?
as simple as untar-ing the tar files (as root) and copying them (preserving permissions) to where they belong....
What all precaution I should take while backup and restore?
If it is a multiuser system (assuming that it is), file perms are of importance, since after a restore u don't want everything becoming (in)accessible to all... also backups are best taken on a different media (I mean a diff physical media, not logical drive or something).... rsync should solve ur probs in that also.....
What is fastest method to get PC up and running after crash and after restore?
not too sure abt this one.... have used rsync effectively.... don;t know if anything else is more stable and/or faster.....
Please suggest some links too so i can get more info.
don;t have anything at hand.... tried google ???
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Regards,
Bhavesh
www.bhaveshg.com bginfotech
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