the best backup system for knoppix?

[GaTk]

Thanks for the varied suggestions on partition backup. The 90 minute dd of the whole partition did not reboot after being re-copied. I modified and used the suggested copy command and it reduced the time to 15 minutes.

cp -ax --reply=yes /a /b

The reverse of this command would not boot.

I am aware of the consequences of "same" drive backups. FWIW I struggled with RedHat 6 and ftape for months.... dropped the whole thing and gave my tape machine the deep six. Another FWIW.... the ASR system from Billy isn't worth a damn if your motherboared dies !!!!

Still looking

Ted in Atlanta

[Cuddles]

Since using linux, I have finally got an installation that would kill me if I lost it...and trust me, the old linux saying, "if it aint broke, fix it till it is." is my mantra. I am looking for a program that allows me to do a disk by disk copy with the first disk being bootable. I have apt-cache searched and even installed a couple of them but they look a bit complex for my simple noob mind. Does anyone have a preference for both ease and function?

thanx

helios

To get back to the original poster, I use kbackup. It comes with knoppix, on the CD - so as to a "failsafe" restore, boot CD and restore. I have two "physical" hard drives, with a few partitions on each, I backup my system to a different hard drive, and retain a few "images" of these backups for selective restores. Kbackup is a GUI "like" program, it uses "text ascii" to make its graphics, kind of like a lot of old DOS programs. It took a little work, with all the configurations and such, but now that I have it configured, all I have to do is load the config, and then change the file that it creates for the backup.

No so much a "disk to disk" kind of backup though, I run it to backup from the root, and exclude the "mount points" that I dont want included in my backup, like my mounted second hard drive, where I store the file at. It works for me, but may not work for what you are looking for, but, you wanted to know what people are using. I haven't tried a restore yet, considering most of my restores are complete re-installs, of a new release, lately...

I guess my "current" backup scheme is that of getting a accidental deleted file kind of thing, or being able to check if something changes, but, not for a complete install...

Hope this helps,
Ms. Cuddles

[helios17]

The answer is: mondo.

http://phazeman.mail333.com/Mondo_Rescue_CD_HOWTO.htm

did exactly what I wanted it to do and it is fairly noob-friendly. can be obtained thru apt with all dependencies.

thanx.

helios