Re: A backup problem
--On Saturday, July 31, 2004 11:16 AM -0400 Mike <mjwestkamper(a)weiinc.com>
wrote:
I've tried TAR and SMB only to create ever increasing volumes.
The
problem I think is that my attempts are chasing the links instead of
simply backing up the links. I simply want to create a backup that I can
copy back, untar or the like, if I must re-create the system.
Have you considered dump? It backs up ext2/ext3 filesystems at the inode
level, by accessing the raw disk device. The matching restore command will
restore the "tape" (backup file) to the current directory, typically root
if you're doing a full restore, but it could be an arbitrary directory if
you're trying to recover a lost file. The latest stable version, 0.4b37, is
in Rawhide (Fedora development directory) awaiting approval to release to
updates. I'm using that now and do a nightly backup to a Samba-mounted
Windows share.