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Hi guys. I want to ask how to make an image for my arch system, now that all working ok and If a problem come up, to restore my system to this current condition. Is there a way with failsafe or a prog?
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Using tar is the most simple way
tar cvpzf backup.tgz --exclude=/proc --exclude=/lost+found --exclude=/backup.tgz --exclude=/mnt --exclude=/sys /
This will create a file backup.tgz in your / folder
To restore - Just do a base install and run this command or you could even untar it into an empty partition from the install cd
tar xvpfz backup.tgz -C /
There is stacks of information regarding backup's using tar around the web. It works flawlessly for me. No norton ghost's needed
Last edited by gazj (2008-03-02 10:04:23)
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Thank you I will use it. The failsave boot creates a backup for only the necessary?
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Always seen /dev as a Grey area that's not well documented if it's to be included or not so have always included not sure why, but I am sure it works without, like you say udev creates /dev anyway.
Maybe it's goes back to times before udev was around.
If you have successfully restored without /dev, I will start excluding it
Last edited by gazj (2008-03-02 10:51:01)
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Thank you
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If you have successfully restored without /dev, I will start excluding it
Yes, I have restored one time successfully without /dev included. But if you are not sure, then just let it in, it's just about 4KB small, so it doesn't really matter.
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Ok then I will include /dev to my tar. Thanks again for the help
Last edited by k3rn31 (2008-03-02 11:29:20)
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is this still ok to use? It seems simple and effective enough.
Using tar is the most simple way
tar cvpzf backup.tgz --exclude=/proc --exclude=/lost+found --exclude=/backup.tgz --exclude=/mnt --exclude=/sys /
This will create a file backup.tgz in your / folder
To restore - Just do a base install and run this command or you could even untar it into an empty partition from the install cd
tar xvpfz backup.tgz -C /
There is stacks of information regarding backup's using tar around the web. It works flawlessly for me. No norton ghost's needed
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fhtagn, this thread is six years old. Please don't necrobump.
If you're looking for a backup method, the wiki has some suggestions.
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