From: gilles@dgbt.doc.ca (Gilles Gagnon) Subject: Re: Q: Poor person's backup Date: Fri, 6 Nov 1992 20:46:58 GMT
Thanks to all those who sent me information on how to perform a backup
of a linux system. Following are the details I got regarding the possible
procedures one can use to backup his/her system when no tape drive is
available.
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From: Philip Perucci <dsc3pzp@nmrdc1.nmrdc.nnmc.navy.mil>
To backup, get cpio. Works GREAT. I like the one DIRECTLY from the
nice people at GNU, prep.ai.mit.edu (/pub/gnu). The file is "cpio*"
- just go to dir and do "dir cpio*" to get filename. Down-load it,
make it (yes...its clean!) and run it.
To backup: find X -print -depth | cpio -o -O /dev/fd0
(where X = root directory of tree to backup)
To restore: cpio -i -I /dev/fd0
To examine
contents
of backup: cpio -it -I /dev/fd0
(no files restored, just a list to CRT)
Its beautiful: You are prompted for floppies as required. You can
get GNU cpio from a number of sites, I happen to
favor the source.
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