Comments on: Backups and the System Rescue CD http://www.linux-mag.com/id/3357/ Open Source, Open Standards Fri, 10 Feb 2012 07:50:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: derekagar http://www.linux-mag.com/id/3357/#comment-4131 derekagar Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.linux-mag.com/id/3357/#comment-4131 I have used systemrescuecd for a while. They have directions on making your usb stick bootable. (which I did)<br /> I have been doing network backups for our servers.<br /> Here are the steps:<br /> net-setup eth0 (go thru the prompts and select dhcp)<br /> /etc/init.d/nfsmount start<br /> mkdir /mnt/backup<br /> mount :/ /mnt/backup<br /> partimage<br /> <br /> <br /> I will have to start using the sfdisk. Maybe I will start making a script to automount everything and do a full system backup without any intervention. I have used systemrescuecd for a while. They have directions on making your usb stick bootable. (which I did)
I have been doing network backups for our servers.
Here are the steps:
net-setup eth0 (go thru the prompts and select dhcp)
/etc/init.d/nfsmount start
mkdir /mnt/backup
mount :/ /mnt/backup
partimage

I will have to start using the sfdisk. Maybe I will start making a script to automount everything and do a full system backup without any intervention.

]]> By: derekagar http://www.linux-mag.com/id/3357/#comment-4132 derekagar Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.linux-mag.com/id/3357/#comment-4132 Sorry for the typos in the above post. I did not know that it did not like the " Sorry for the typos in the above post. I did not know that it did not like the “

]]> By: dpawson http://www.linux-mag.com/id/3357/#comment-4133 dpawson Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.linux-mag.com/id/3357/#comment-4133 I do wish you'd take care with your character encoding.<br /> <br /> The apostrophe's are a mess. I do wish you’d take care with your character encoding.

The apostrophe’s are a mess.

]]> By: jjdoran666 http://www.linux-mag.com/id/3357/#comment-4134 jjdoran666 Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.linux-mag.com/id/3357/#comment-4134 Although I agree that system rescue is a fine distribution. In fact its my favourite. Why not check out mondo and mindi. Its purpose is to create snapshots of machines and/or data.<br /> <br /> See: http://www.mondorescue.org/<br /> <br /> <br /> It creates a bootable disk ( mindi) and a bootable restorable system/data disks ( mondo ).<br /> <br /> Hope this is of use to some.<br /> <br /> Joe. Although I agree that system rescue is a fine distribution. In fact its my favourite. Why not check out mondo and mindi. Its purpose is to create snapshots of machines and/or data.

See: http://www.mondorescue.org/

It creates a bootable disk ( mindi) and a bootable restorable system/data disks ( mondo ).

Hope this is of use to some.

Joe.

]]> By: aravindgv http://www.linux-mag.com/id/3357/#comment-4135 aravindgv Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.linux-mag.com/id/3357/#comment-4135 Great stuff<br /> <br /> Thanks<br /> Aravind Great stuff

Thanks
Aravind

]]> By: 1sy8 http://www.linux-mag.com/id/3357/#comment-4136 1sy8 Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.linux-mag.com/id/3357/#comment-4136 Very informative. It reminds me I need to take some time and backup a few workstations.<br /> <br /> 2 remarks and 1 question :<br /> 1- Check also <a href="http://infrarecorder.sourceforge.net/" title="InfraRecorder" rel="nofollow"> for a promising new front-end to cdrtools on Win</a>.<br /> <br /> 2- Figure 4 is the same as figure 3.<br /> <br /> 3- How about backing up a MacOS X PPC box ? Very informative. It reminds me I need to take some time and backup a few workstations.

2 remarks and 1 question :
1- Check also for a promising new front-end to cdrtools on Win.

2- Figure 4 is the same as figure 3.

3- How about backing up a MacOS X PPC box ?

]]> By: rmarquez http://www.linux-mag.com/id/3357/#comment-4137 rmarquez Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.linux-mag.com/id/3357/#comment-4137 I would like to backup a current server, with it's partition info and the data all on DVD (the whole server with OS and website uses less than 7GB). Can I use system rescue cd to achieve that? I would like to backup a current server, with it’s partition info and the data all on DVD (the whole server with OS and website uses less than 7GB). Can I use system rescue cd to achieve that?

]]> By: jasonperlow http://www.linux-mag.com/id/3357/#comment-4138 jasonperlow Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.linux-mag.com/id/3357/#comment-4138 To Joe Doran:<br /> <br /> I conferred with François Dupoux this weekend, the author/maintainer of SysRescCD, and he was able to fold Mondo Rescue into the latest SysRescCD beta!<br /> <br /> http://www.sysresccd.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=1515<br /> <br /> So now you can have both, all from one CD. You can even do DVD backups direct from SysRescCD because it caches the data and you can remove SysRescCD while running Mondo Rescue. To Joe Doran:

I conferred with François Dupoux this weekend, the author/maintainer of SysRescCD, and he was able to fold Mondo Rescue into the latest SysRescCD beta!

http://www.sysresccd.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=1515

So now you can have both, all from one CD. You can even do DVD backups direct from SysRescCD because it caches the data and you can remove SysRescCD while running Mondo Rescue.

]]> By: jjdoran666 http://www.linux-mag.com/id/3357/#comment-4139 jjdoran666 Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.linux-mag.com/id/3357/#comment-4139 Jason,<br /> <br /> Thats Excellent news.<br /> And thanks to François Dupoux<br /> <br /> Wahoo! I love Open source!<br /> <br /> Joe. Jason,

Thats Excellent news.
And thanks to François Dupoux

Wahoo! I love Open source!

Joe.

]]> By: jhouse59 http://www.linux-mag.com/id/3357/#comment-4140 jhouse59 Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.linux-mag.com/id/3357/#comment-4140 I hooked an external 200gb to my laptop.It done something to it. Now Windows will recognize it, but says its been corrupted.I used the System Rescue CD 0.3.5, but can't figure out which software to use to repair it.Went to System Rescue CD website and still can't find the software I need. Can someone help me on this? I hooked an external 200gb to my laptop.It done something to it. Now Windows will recognize it, but says its been corrupted.I used the System Rescue CD 0.3.5, but can’t figure out which software to use to repair it.Went to System Rescue CD website and still can’t find the software I need. Can someone help me on this?

]]> By: jazzwang http://www.linux-mag.com/id/3357/#comment-4141 jazzwang Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.linux-mag.com/id/3357/#comment-4141 You can also use clonezilla-live to backup your system, too. check out the website<br /> http://sourceforge.net/projects/clonezilla/<br /> and download clonezilla-live :)<br /> <br /> Clonezilla is a partition or disk clone software similar to Ghost. It saves and restores only used blocks in hard drive. By using clonezilla, you can clone a 5 GB system to 40 clients in about 10 minutes. You can also use clonezilla-live to backup your system, too. check out the website
http://sourceforge.net/projects/clonezilla/
and download clonezilla-live :)

Clonezilla is a partition or disk clone software similar to Ghost. It saves and restores only used blocks in hard drive. By using clonezilla, you can clone a 5 GB system to 40 clients in about 10 minutes.

]]> By: jasonperlow http://www.linux-mag.com/id/3357/#comment-4142 jasonperlow Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.linux-mag.com/id/3357/#comment-4142 That looks very promising, Yao. Is that your program? That looks very promising, Yao. Is that your program?

]]> By: bushidoblade http://www.linux-mag.com/id/3357/#comment-4143 bushidoblade Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.linux-mag.com/id/3357/#comment-4143 To Jerry Housewright:<br /> To "repair" a disk that Windows says its been corrupted, and you don't have any data in it, you need only gparted: delete all partitions in the corrupted disk and recreate them as needed. Or if you feel comfortable with CLI, the same you can do using the commands: sfdisk or cfdisk. I hope this aided you. Good luck To Jerry Housewright:
To “repair” a disk that Windows says its been corrupted, and you don’t have any data in it, you need only gparted: delete all partitions in the corrupted disk and recreate them as needed. Or if you feel comfortable with CLI, the same you can do using the commands: sfdisk or cfdisk. I hope this aided you. Good luck

]]> By: djswarm http://www.linux-mag.com/id/3357/#comment-4144 djswarm Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.linux-mag.com/id/3357/#comment-4144 This seems like a nice way to backup for a catastrphic failure, grabbing partition tables and all. But if one is using LVM, and most seem to be, set your disk up to use snapshots and just automate the entire backup process in cron to a hot usb drive. Swap the drive out once a week and you are done.<br /> <br /> You can even setup for incrementals and what not.<br /> <br /> This seems like a better solution than depending on discipline and rebooting. This seems like a nice way to backup for a catastrphic failure, grabbing partition tables and all. But if one is using LVM, and most seem to be, set your disk up to use snapshots and just automate the entire backup process in cron to a hot usb drive. Swap the drive out once a week and you are done.

You can even setup for incrementals and what not.

This seems like a better solution than depending on discipline and rebooting.

]]> By: wusuvi http://www.linux-mag.com/id/3357/#comment-4145 wusuvi Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.linux-mag.com/id/3357/#comment-4145 all comments are useful to me cos am seeing senses in them thankx all comments are useful to me cos am seeing senses in them thankx

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