Linux does not restrict you from copying anything so use TAR to archive all files in one directory. (next time I will try Ghost)<\/p>\n
1: Backing-up<\/strong> 2: Restoring<\/strong> 3: Re-create the directories that were excluded:<\/strong><\/p>\n And when you reboot, everything should be the way it was when you made the backup!<\/p>\n 4: GRUB restore<\/strong> Linux does not restrict you from copying anything so use TAR to archive all files in one directory. (next time I will try Ghost) 1: Backing-up sudo su [become a super user] cd \/ [ mvoe to the root directory) … Continue reading
\nsudo su<\/code> [become a super user]
\ncd \/<\/code> [ mvoe to the root directory)
\ntar cvpzf backup.tgz --exclude=\/proc --exclude=\/lost+found --exclude=\/backup.tgz --exclude=\/mnt --exclude=\/sys \/<\/code>
\n[c: to create a new archive; v: print verbose info on screen; p:preserve permissions'(to keep the same permissions on everything the same); z for file compress, it might not be a good idea to compress files, use it for non critical applicatons. f: file name]
\n[make sure you don’t include the file itself, or else you’ll get weird results. You might also not want to include the \/mnt folder if you have other partitions mounted there or you’ll end up backing those up too. Also make sure you don’t have anything mounted in \/media (i.e. don’t have any cd’s or removable media mounted). Either that or exclude \/media.]
\n[At the end of the process you might get a message along the lines of ‘tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors’ or something, but in most cases you can just ignore that.]<\/p>\n
\nMake sure you are root and that you and the backup file are in the root of the filesystem.
\nWARNING: this will overwrite every single file on your partition with the one in the archive!
\ntar xvpfz backup.tgz -C \/<\/code><\/p>\n\n
\nIf you installed windows or your GRUB was damaged. then<\/p>\n\n