[Lilug] LiveCD disk backup software

[Justin Dearing]

Will,
Just use "tar -cjvvf - /" and redirect the output through ssh. I've done it
through knoppix. I've even cloned linux installs this way, by making the
other end of the ssh tunnel read a "tar-xjvvf - /mnt/newparts"

Of course I had to setup and mount partitions first and run lilo afterwards.

systemrescuecd or knoppix will work jsut fine, but really you need tar, ssh
and a network.

On Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 2:58 PM, Will <will at psychdesigns.net> wrote:

> So, I'm looking to back up a 1TB drive to a computer somewhere on my
> network. I don't have too many files on the device itself, but I want to
> back up the partition tables still so I can just restore the device back to
> before I backed it up. I don't have another 1TB drive, so I was wondering
> if there was any LiveCDs that would be able to compress it, or are just
> efficient.
>
> Has anyone had success with any particular liveCD in the past?
>
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