[97641] in RedHat Linux List
Re: Backup CD?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jan Carlson)
Wed Nov 4 10:14:10 1998
Date: Wed, 04 Nov 1998 10:07:24 -0500
From: Jan Carlson <janc@iname.com>
To: redhat-list@redhat.com
Resent-From: redhat-list@redhat.com
Reply-To: redhat-list@redhat.com
George Lenzer wrote:
> Is it possible to save an entire customized installation of Redhat to a CD
> image? I've been using a DSO based program to make a sector image of my
> Windows 95 FAT16 drives. This has allowed me to successfully restore my
> systems in under ten minutes. I would like to do the same with Linux, but I
> am afraid of having perms change on me if I just copy the files to a CD. Of
> course, I would be even more interested in a way of using Linux to image 95
> and NT machines. My current imaging system allows me to boot from a CD (on
> newer machines), answer two questions then walk away. When I come back ten
> minutes later, the system is fully restored. i'm certain there has to be a
> way to do this with Linux. I wouldn't even mind using a boot floppy, if I
> could just get linux to fully restore any custom OS install from CD. Any
> ideas?
With Linux you can make a tar file of each partition. Tar normally preserves
all the owner,group and mode info.
If you prefer, you can use dd to
make a 'sector image' of *any* partition that is not mounted and not in use
in any other way. To image the root partition, you need to boot from a
different root partition, which could be Linux on another partition.
It can also be a self-contained Linux on a diskette - yes it's true.
>
>
> Thanks
> G. Lenzer
>
> --
> PLEASE read the Red Hat FAQ, Tips, Errata and the MAILING LIST ARCHIVES!
> http://www.redhat.com http://archive.redhat.com
> To unsubscribe: mail redhat-list-request@redhat.com with
> "unsubscribe" as the Subject.
--
Jan Carlson
janc@iname.com Scarborough, Ontario, Canada
Mailed with Netscape 4.5 on Red Hat Linux 5.1
--
PLEASE read the Red Hat FAQ, Tips, Errata and the MAILING LIST ARCHIVES!
http://www.redhat.com http://archive.redhat.com
To unsubscribe: mail redhat-list-request@redhat.com with
"unsubscribe" as the Subject.
