Backup root partition

sarincv · 02-05-2009, 04:50 PM

Hi all... I have an almost stable opensuse 11.1 in my laptop now... I need to know how to backup the root partition so that at a later stage I can restore the entire OS in case it is corrupted...plz suggest an opensource software to take a backup.... I heard about clonezilla and partimage... what abt them??

Rahim · 06-05-2009, 10:10 PM

Use Clonezilla to clone the root partition, though is a little difficult at first. Read its guide. What i did was to tar (make an archive) of the whole "/" partition and saved in a separate partition.

sarincv · 08-05-2009, 01:05 AM

what I need is to make a backup DVD and restore the enire OS from that
dvd... is that possible??

talktorishav · 08-05-2009, 06:29 AM

yes like a_rahim said, you can tar the whole / partition. But you need to exclude virtual file system like /proc or /dev.

sarincv · 08-05-2009, 08:52 PM

k...is that using clonezilla or just tart the whole partition?? 1 more thing I need to ask... if my backup file is more than a DVD can store, what should I do?

sarincv · 09-05-2009, 09:09 PM

I used Clonezilla to create a backup... everything went well... i selected the image type as bzip but what I got was a file with extension .aa
what is the extension of clonezilla image file? is this proper?

02-05-2009, 04:50 PM	#1 (permalink)
sarincv In The Zone Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Kerala Posts: 236	Backup solution for linux Hi all... I have an almost stable opensuse 11.1 in my laptop now... I need to know how to backup the root partition so that at a later stage I can restore the entire OS in case it is corrupted...plz suggest an opensource software to take a backup.... I heard about clonezilla and partimage... what abt them?? Last edited by sarincv; 03-05-2009 at 08:41 PM.

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Rahim Married! Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Calcutta Posts: 1,515	Re: Backup root partition Use Clonezilla to clone the root partition, though is a little difficult at first. Read its guide. What i did was to tar (make an archive) of the whole "/" partition and saved in a separate partition. __________________ \|\| GNU/Linux User \|\| PCLOS KDE 4.6 \|\| 17" DELL Studio \|\| topdocumentaryfilms.com

08-05-2009, 01:05 AM	#3 (permalink)
sarincv In The Zone Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Kerala Posts: 236	Re: Backup root partition what I need is to make a backup DVD and restore the enire OS from that dvd... is that possible??

08-05-2009, 06:29 AM	#4 (permalink)
talktorishav techspalace Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: /dev/null Posts: 44	Re: Backup root partition yes like a_rahim said, you can tar the whole / partition. But you need to exclude virtual file system like /proc or /dev. __________________ -- techspalace.blogspot.com - not only ubuntu blog

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sarincv In The Zone Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Kerala Posts: 236	Re: Backup root partition k...is that using clonezilla or just tart the whole partition?? 1 more thing I need to ask... if my backup file is more than a DVD can store, what should I do?

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09-05-2009, 09:09 PM	#6 (permalink)
sarincv In The Zone Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Kerala Posts: 236	Re: Backup root partition I used Clonezilla to create a backup... everything went well... i selected the image type as bzip but what I got was a file with extension .aa what is the extension of clonezilla image file? is this proper?

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