[mailto:fedora-list-bounces@redhat.com]On Behalf Of ed(a)hp.uab.edu
Sent: Monday, October 01, 2007 10:14 AM
To: For users of Fedora
Subject: Re: Best way to backup a specific drive?
On Mon, 1 Oct 2007, Daniel B. Thurman wrote:
>
> I am preparing to backup my root drive in preparation
> for installing f7. What is the best way to do this?
>
> I have in /dev/hda as:
>
> /boot = /dev/hda1
> / = /dev/hda2
>
> I have backed up /boot with: tar zcvpf /boot.tgz /boot
>
> But have get to figure out how to get /dev/hda2 backed up without
> picking up the other drives mounted on /
>
No problem use the '--one-file-system' or '-l' parameter for tar:
tar zcvplf {somewhere}/root.tgz /
ed
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Ah, that does the trick! Thanks to all who responded so quickly!
Dan
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