Date: Sun, 12 Jul 1998 10:07:20 -0500 From: Carroll Kong <damascus@eden.rutgers.edu> To: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Backing up a FreeBSD Box... Message-ID: <199807121404.HAA27603@hub.freebsd.org>
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Hi guys. I am running FreeBSD on a Pentium 90, 430 FX, 32 megs of ram, scsi system. Now... the only thing I like about that system is the scsi-system. I personally run a K6-225, 64 megs of ram... mixed ide / scsi. Now.... if I ever upgrade, I am thinking, maybe I should move my FreeBSD to the K6, which performs much better. But... now I am stuck on a little bit of a dillema. I want to backup that box somehow (I had to do a really odd setup with that system due to the 430 fx chipset, but dont worry about that). I have the resources to do a super tar ball then ftp or put it on a FAT16 partition either on another comp on the lan. So this is my plan, please advise or suggest. ls -loR / | grep schg > schfiles touch /super.tar.gz find / -not -path '/proc/*' -cmin -1000 >filelist.txt(is there a way i can add the super.tar.gz in this? this way i DON'T retar the super.tar.gz itself... that is why i touched it) tar -czvf /super.tar.gz -T filelist.txt INSTALL SYSTEM chflags -R schg / tar -xzvf /super.tar.gz I kind of guessed at it... I basically am going to use this to backup the system. THEN... I reinstall the system as fresh.. (my system is 2.2.6-stable but i have the 2.2.5 cd). Then... I go in and untar the super.tar.gz. Will this work? -Carroll Kong To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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