Re: [cobalt-users] Is there a way to copy and move the entire con tents of the Hard drive

["R.Batalla" <cobalt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I test this in our intranet for backup one entire server running Mandrake
7.1 and then restore over another box and work fine. Some minors changes
because the H.D. not equal size and partition, but after little edit on
fstab file all run as original server.

On RaQ's I only use tar/wget/untar for backup all sites, never for clone.

> Ok, so basically tar the whole contents of the server into one of my
virtual
> site directorys
>
> Then use wget from the destination to grab it.
>
> Now, does the tar copy the hidden files on the server?
>
> And are there any forseeable problems w/ the OS not function properly
after
> this.  Remember, I will be yanking everything!!  Just curious if I need to
> look out for potential problems doing this.
>
> One benefit, after I move my files I will finally have a real RAQ4 - LOL.
>
>
> Thank you,
>
> Michael T. Ross