RE: [cobalt-users] Backup Question

["Greg O'Lone" <greg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: cobalt-users-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
> [mailto:cobalt-users-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Gerald Waugh
> Sent: Sunday, March 23, 2003 12:48 PM
> To: cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [cobalt-users] Backup Question
> 
> 
> On Sunday 23 March 2003 12:19, Greg O'Lone wrote:
> > > [mailto:cobalt-users-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of 
> Gerald Waugh
> > > On Sat, 22 Mar 2003, Matt wrote:
> > > > How can you execute a backup from the command line?
> > >
> > >    Not sure of your question, but here is one way!
> > >    tar -czpsf home.tar.gz /home
> > >    will tar and gzip the /home directory tree to a file 
> home.tar.gz.
> > >    Then move home.tar.gz file to another server for storage.
> >
> > Will a restored Raq really let you expand this archive over 
> the existing
> > machine (to do a restore?)
> 
>    Not sure what you mean.
>    Not, by just doing /home.
>     I forgot which machine you have, or did you indicate such?
>    If it is not a RaQ550, then CMU is the thing to use.   
> 
I was thinking more of an emergency situation where you would install a
RaQ (4r in my case) using an OSRCD and then copy the pre-emergency
backup of the machine to the drive and then un-tar it. I wonder if you'd
get a stable machine out of this....

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