I have SuSE 6.2 running on a box that I am using as a web server, dhcp server, samba server, firewall, NIS server, NFS server, and to IP Masquerade. It has a 10 gig HD in it... The Partitions: -------------------- How would YOU partition the 10 Gig hard drive? Why? The Bootdisk ---------------------- My understanding is that the OS on the HD should NOT be running when backing the whole things up. This implies to me that I should boot off a floppy and manually mount the hard drive to backup everything to the DAT drive. How do I make a boot floppy with SCSI support which I can use to backup the box? The Backup to and Restore from DAT ------------------------------------------------ Once I boot off the floppy and manually mount the current hard drive to /mnt, I need to do a backup of the hard drive. Is 'tar cvf /dev/st0 /mnt' the best way to backup the hard drive to the DAT drive? If not, what is the best way do backup everything under /mnt? How can I check to see if the backup worked? Do I need to rewind the tape or do anything else other then 'tar xvf /dev/st0 /mnt' to restore the contents? The Bootable HD -------------------------- Considering I am going to be repartitioning and then formating the hard drive, I am going to need to make Linux bootable after I restore everything... How do I make the HD bootable, after the repartitioning, formating, and restoring? Sam -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/