Keith Warno wrote:
Hello list.
Anyone have an idea on how to backup the contents of a _partition_? I'm thinking maybe I could use dd but I'm not sure.
For example, I would like to backup everything that resides on /dev/hda2.
Ideas/suggestions much appreciated, as always.
Well, the way I backup my system is with the tar command. It works well for me. All you have to do is mount the partition you wish to backup to some location, like /mnt or something. Change directory into the mount point (etc: cd /mnt), and simply tar everything up: tar zcvf <filename> * Please look at the man page for details on the four switchs I used on tar. -- Sam Carleton ------------ http://www.bigfoot.com/~scarleton (Homepage) http://www.uptimes.net/hostinfo.html?hid=1218 (Linux Box) -- 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/