-----Original Message-----
From: "Lee Parmeter"<geek@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, July 12, 2011 09:41
To: hllug@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [hllug] Re: Herb is lost again
On 07/12/2011 02:12 AM, hc@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
I am so confused I started working on a daily backup using Bacula-BackUp on a
timed schedule. Sounds simple and yet I am running the main server on a messed
up HD that over the past 2yrs is devided into sda1 and then extended into 8
other partitions of which my server is sitting on sda6 that is an extended
partition. I want to pull the entire boot sys for the sda6 off and then
reformat/partition the 80g HD nto sda1 38g. I want the rest of this HD as sda2
of 42g.
So first task is to make an image of the server install complete, reformat and
reinstall that that image back to new sda1..... then get Bacula-BackUp setup.
would it be safer to image the server to a cd and test it by installing it on a
seperate box to see if I have a good copy?
My ol head is kinda tight-looping and I not sure where to start?? I have also
copied the full server off to a dif box and I think it is complete so all files
under /home/herb are copied.
First is what is best to copy off a bootable image of the current server??? Use
a USB HD or burn a CD
arrrrrrgggg
I don't know anything about "Barcula-Backup".
Think I would just buy another 80gb drive which costs less than $40 and
then create the new partitions on it with gparted. Then copy the "server"
partition data to the new /dev/sda1. You will then need to restore grub so
the drive is bootable; for this I would use the rescue CD or the procedure
outlined in the Linux Journal article below.
Ok Lee I have a 200G drive set as 'device/sdb ' So I will follow the link and
bang it off to that drive and then just reformat the current messed up
formating on the 80G drive (device/sda)
hmmmmmm this brings up a basic question this MB has dual IDE and Sata drives and I
use the 80 ide as my main boot but I wonder it I would be better using that 200G
SATA HD for the main drive& 80G as the backup drive??? Logic tells me yes and
it appears that IDE is getting old and SATA is the migration.
If you do not want to buy another drive, you could copy the server existing
partition data to another "linux" formated (ext3. ext4) drive using "cp".
Here's an article from Linux Journal that explains how to copy the Linux
partition's contents to another drive correctly and restore grub so the
drive will boot again.
http://www.linuxjournal.com/content/copy-your-linux-install-different-partition-or-drive
Note: You do NOT have to use the UUID if you do not want to. You can mount
the drive just using the standard device name; for example "/dev/sda1"
Cool that will be easier for me I walk on eggs in CLI mode.
