Fedora :: 12 Create Backup Of Current OS ?
Dec 8, 2009
I have installed Fedora 12 and am running it successfully. I have made a few stupid mistakes a couple of times and have had to start from scratch with a complete OS reinstall on a few occassions. I am happy with my current setup and am wondering is it possible for me to create a Live CD that has my exact configuration so that If I make a mess again, I can just stick in my backup DVD/CD's and roll back to my happy (Known to ne Working) sate. Something like System restore on Windows...... Is this possible?
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Mar 18, 2010
I have a laptop with 1 hard drive (80gb)
I currently run CentOS 5.4 and I want to create an image of my current hard drive so that I can play it in a VM Player (VirtualBox).
What utility can I use to create a disk image? Also, Since i'm only using 20gb. I think I want to make a "sparse" file so that the image only takes up about 20gb.
Now... if there is an easier way to do this... let me know. I tried a few tutorials online with no progress. I spent all day yesterday trying to figure this out. Literally, all day.
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Nov 15, 2010
I have a fedora 11 installation on my machine , with a customized partitioning of the 500GB sata HDD , I wanted to create a exact replica image on a USB stick , for future installations on other 500GB sata HDDs .. while only need to create a copy of the 5 GB (/boot + / ) while the remaining 400 GB + is a Data Logger partition which can be created by a script. I tried doing a rsync .. but have got stuck up with the bootable drive configs et all ..
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Feb 6, 2011
I was installing yum from the server folder. first i copied the server folder in a folder which was at root then i change the current directory to server and then create a repo by using following command
Server]# rpm ivh createrepo then tab to get the correct name
then ]# createrepo .
]#cd /etc/yum.repos.d/
]# cp -apr rhel_debug_info.repo yum.repo
]# vi yum.repo
[Code]...
how can i completely install the yum so that i can install my necessary packages
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Apr 21, 2010
Have been playing with Centos 5 and finally got it installed and have done most of the updates. Before I proceed much further it would be nice if I could create a backup/install disc of how it is now. No Data,just the setup and software used etc.Have a dvd rw on the server.I recall mondo rescue installed years ago on a linux server we used.
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Apr 24, 2009
I was just wondering if there is a way to capture current state on a machine and create live cd from it?
If not - what is the best way to create Live CD with optimazied system updates and configuration packages.
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Mar 14, 2011
I want to backup my server that godaddy is hosting and install it on my linux system at home. In other words I want to have a clone of my server at home, like what timemachine does on mac (carries files and programs from one mac to another to make a clone).
How do I do that? I create an image file an iso file? or what? How?
I want to do this incase my server burns up over there. I don't want to reinstall all the programs and do the set ups manually again.
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Jun 26, 2010
Attempting to create a backup script to copy files from one file system to a remote file system.
When I try this I get:
Quote:
# tar -cf - /mnt/raid_md1 | gzip -c | ssh -i ~/.ssh/key -l user@192.168.1.1 "cat > /mnt/backup/fileserver.md1.tar.gz"
tar: Removing leading `/' from member names
Pseudo-terminal will not be allocated because stdin is not a terminal.
ssh: Could not resolve hostname cat > /mnt/backup/fileserver.md1.tar.gz: Name or service not known
[Code].....
I know that the remote file system dir is RW and the access is working fine. I am stumped...
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May 4, 2011
I am going to dist-upgrade my 10.10 installation to 11.04, but as precaution, I would like to replicate my existing installation onto another hard disk and perform the dist-upgrade there. When I am in booted into my current 10.10 installation, the hard disk (MBR, 4GB) is partitioned as such:
/dev/sda1 - /boot
/dev/sda2 - swap
/dev/sda3 - /I have an empty hard disk (MBR, 10GB) connected to the PC, and I partitioned to have a similar layout.
/dev/sdb1 - /boot
/dev/sdb2 - swap
/dev/sdb3 - /Since the 2 HDDs are of different sizes, I made /dev/sdb3 larger.
My question is: what is the easiest way to create a backup of my current working Ubuntu onto my secondary hard disk? I hope to perform the backup while booted into my existing 10.10 system; or I have no other choices but to boot from a LiveCD (e.g. Clonezilla) for backup?
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Oct 24, 2010
I create Backup partition with dd and save my backup on NTFS partition. i want recover this backup,what should i do? can i use boot cd and use dd command for recover it?
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Aug 12, 2010
Here is what I would like to pursue: I would aim to create a USB drive which a system can boot from if needed. However, this system would not be the generic Lucid 10.04 iso, it would have specific packages that my current system has. Also, it would start up and run with my current system settings if possible.
I did look into Reconstructor, but it doesn't appear that that would have the capibility of changing the default settings to match my current system's settings. Also, it looked like there wasn't a way to upload a list of current packages of my system (I would have to manually select each package, taking quite a while). So is there any way to make a bootable USB matching my current system? Or is reconstructor the closest thing to that kind of customiz-ability?
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Jun 20, 2010
I currently have a server setup in a perfect way for my specific network. Is there a way that I can mirror the server EXACTLY to a CD that will install all my configurations and the like upon CD boot?
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Sep 1, 2010
I would like to create an install cd/dvd from my current Debian Lenny installation.
I guess this will imply all official debian packages will be saved.
As additional nice to have info would be the following:-
How I would capture none standard packages/configurations on the system
i.e. I have additional packages installed I have a customized Apache and Php configuration i.e. config files. Also mysql database is populated forsome applications.
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Sep 1, 2010
I would like to create an install cd/dvd from my current Debian Lenny installation.
Anybody have any tips as how to do this.
I guess this will imply all official debian packages will be saved.
As additional nice to have info would be the following:-
How I would capture none standard packages/configurations on the system
i.e.
I have additional packages installed
I have a customized Apache and Php configuration i.e. config files.
Also mysql database is populated forsome applications.
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Nov 17, 2010
i ma trying to learn how to configure lot of server's in Debian Distro what i want to to create backup from the original files easy to restore cos if i miss any configuration it will easy to restore omething like restore point in windows
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Aug 24, 2010
Code:
$ echo 2 * 3 > 5 is a valid inequality. This will create a file in the current directory named '5' with the number '2' in it, the names of all the files in the current directory, followed by the number '3' and 'is a valid inequality.'
What I do not understand is why 'is a valid inequality' gets written to this file. I thought it would write '2', all the file names in the current directory, then '3' into the file called '5'. Why does the 'is a valid inequality.' get written to the file also?
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Feb 8, 2016
Like topic, I want to create a weekly backup of some folder to anoter partition (or external usb), compressed or not (folder also of 20/30 gb), with only root permission on file (or folder) created..This system, where I have installed debian jessie, is always on being used like a NAS..
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Mar 27, 2010
I have installed Ubuntu and I make all the configurations in order to have it like I want it....My question..... Can I make an iso file somehow (cd/Dvd) of my system with all the configurations, all theservers, all the custom thinks and the home folder's content in order to have it as backup (quick installable backup) and in case of a damage to install from cd/dvd again and everything is in place?
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Nov 7, 2010
i have three partitions on my laptop. one contains ubuntu and other two my personal data.
i m using ubuntu since past three months. i installed many packages, softwares and libraries. i was wondering if something wrong happens and i have to format my whole drive containing ubuntu, is there a way that i can backup all my packages and softwares.
i tried to look at the /var/cache/apt/archives as it contains setup of all the packages that i installed using apt-get package manager. i tried to copy and save them, but now i was thinking that during a single package installation it installs many libraries used to support that applications. so i think this copying method will not work.
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Aug 25, 2010
I take responsibility for data backup my centos server. Please help me backup data using tar. following scenario:- Sunday - full backup- the rest of differential backup.We're back up to full as follows:tar-cvzf / backup / backup-date.tar.gz / data
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Aug 10, 2011
I want to make a backup from my Email and my Favorites from Mozilla.
But which folders I have to make a backup from.
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Dec 22, 2010
Is it possible to create a backup iso image of protected DVD using dd command?
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Jun 6, 2010
Is there a way to create aptoncd back up on a pen drive? Meaning when I insert a cd created with aptoncd an autorun dialog box appears asking if I want to start the package manager. But when I copy those files to a pen drive the above mentioned autorun feature doesn't work. In short I want my apt cache backup on a pen drive with the autorun feature.
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Jun 28, 2011
i want clone my linux partition for create a backup. i want use dd command but i have some question.my linux partition is 30GB and linux only used 10GB of it if i use dd command for create a image i must have 30GB free space? can i use dd command in X window or i must first exit from linux and use live cd? in fedora i use dd command for create a backup when linux is running but after restore some command like su not work!!!
i use some tools like partimage for make a backup but it show me an error about block 0!!
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Dec 16, 2010
I have a CentOS 5.5 server that has just recently been updated to 5.6 running PostgreSQL 8.4 and Drupal for an internal website. The server is also acting as a shared network storage between the Linux server and Windows desktops with Samba.
I just recently purchased a license to run Symantec Backup Exec System Restore 2010 for Linux and the only operating systems that are supported are RedHat and Suse Linux.
Does anyone know of a nice open source solution that we can use to create backup images of the server?
In the event of a server crash, we want to be able to rebuild the server via a bit-by-bit backup image.
The CentOS 5.6 is 32bit
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Jan 28, 2014
I would like to create a full systembackup to a ISO/IMG-file. I've been searching and found mondorescue.org, but something is wrong with package for debian 6.
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Apr 27, 2010
We have a ldap server which has been running for a couple years now, and I was told to make a fallback / backup ldap server. So should the old one fail we won't be officially screwed.
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Apr 8, 2011
I currently have been using 10.10 on my new netbook. I've been an Arch user for a while, but recently come back to ubuntu for my new netbook since it's a lot simpler to get working from installation, imo (oh and I'm quite impressed with how far Ubuntu's come in the last year since I used it ). Anyway, I want to upgrade to a 128GB SSD but I also want to keep the current setup I'm running on my current 320GB HDD. Is there any good HDD imaging tools for Ubuntu/Linux (that's relatively easy to use), as I've never done this before?
Also, bear in mind, my current HDD has a three partition setup. 4.1GB swap, 8.2GB ext3 (/ directory), 308GB ext3 (/home directory) respectively. And also an additional question: As the new SSD has only 128GB (compared to my current 320GB), is it possible to shrink my /home partition but keep the other partitions at their current sizes? (as my /home partition has probably over 128GB free space anyway) Oh and also, how big do Ubuntu root partitions have to be in general? I think my 8.2GB / is a bit of an overkill, is it not?
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Jul 31, 2011
Well I've decided to move all my data from one VPS to another, and Iwanted to know if there was a way from within Ubuntu to make a full system image backup,ch I can then just transfer to the new Ubuntu VPS, and restore it there ..Unfortunately my VPS control does not have any working backup option right now, so I can only make the backup manually from within Ubuntu, if there is a way to do it
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Jul 5, 2010
In doing my kernel-kits that allow you to create a livecd backup of your installed slackware or arch install, I came across stuff about how many x86 or x86_64 systems use a PAE kernel?
if thats so; should I release a PAE kernel kit also besides the x86 and x86_64 kernel kits for slackware/arch??
or is it not a big thing?
Can anyone run a PAE kernel or it should be a seperate build? the x86/x86_64 kits are not PAE...let me check...
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