[Ilugc] System Backup
- From: girishvenkatachalam@xxxxxxxxx (Girish Venkatachalam)
- Date: Thu Aug 24 14:35:10 2006
On 8/24/06, padma priya <pipri123@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hi,
Can anyone please give me some pointers on how to take linux system backup.
Thanks in advance
man dd
for ex,
dd if=/dev/hda1 of=firstharddisk bs=1024
dd if=/dev/hda3 of=homefilesystem bs=1024
This is a raw copy that bypasses the file system. This is
sometimes called disk "ghosting".
There is a very good chance this is not what you are looking for. In
which case you should be more specific.
IOW, accurate answer for the question, but possibly irrelevant for u.
HTH,
Girish
Padma Priya
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