Backup CentOS system

WebHead · November 4th, 2009, 08:42 PM

I'm trying to figure out the best way to do this. I have a laptop with CentOS 4.0 on it. There are many ways to do this, but what I want to do is a bit for bit copy of the drive to a DVD. The total usage of the drive is less than 4gb so it should fit. But I'm just not sure how to do this.

The idea here is that I want to format and reinstall something else on this laptop and then when I'm done, I want to restore it back to EXACTLY how it is now. So like in Windows I can just use Acronis, ghost it to a USB drive and then I have a big TIB file I can restore from. Trying to do the exact same thing with this Linux system. Any thoughts/suggestions?

I do have an external USB drive, but it's formatted with NTFS and has about 70gb free. So I tried using Clonezilla, but I'm not real familiar with it and I can't take a chance of it deleting the data on that drive.

I'm pretty much open to any ideas. If anything, I guess I can just tar it or cp it. But I was kinda hoping to create a restorable image or create a bit for bit copy.

WebHead · November 4th, 2009, 08:48 PM

Shoot. I always do this. I work on something forever, can't figure it out, post here and then two seconds later find out my own answer. LOL. Well anyway, I think I got an old 8gb drive laying around. I'm just going to attach it as an external usb and then dd the linux system to it. That should work perfectly for what I need to do. Gonna try it and find out.

WebHead · November 6th, 2009, 06:22 PM

Turns out Clonezilla is EXACTLY what I needed. If any of you ever need to make a perfect clone of your Linux system as an image file on an external disk, this is the way to go. Basically does the exact same thing Acronis does. Perfect!! I iz happy.

November 4th, 2009, 08:42 PM	#1
WebHead Autobot Has posted quite alot Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 31,137 FarBux: 88,884.40	Backup CentOS system I'm trying to figure out the best way to do this. I have a laptop with CentOS 4.0 on it. There are many ways to do this, but what I want to do is a bit for bit copy of the drive to a DVD. The total usage of the drive is less than 4gb so it should fit. But I'm just not sure how to do this. The idea here is that I want to format and reinstall something else on this laptop and then when I'm done, I want to restore it back to EXACTLY how it is now. So like in Windows I can just use Acronis, ghost it to a USB drive and then I have a big TIB file I can restore from. Trying to do the exact same thing with this Linux system. Any thoughts/suggestions? I do have an external USB drive, but it's formatted with NTFS and has about 70gb free. So I tried using Clonezilla, but I'm not real familiar with it and I can't take a chance of it deleting the data on that drive. I'm pretty much open to any ideas. If anything, I guess I can just tar it or cp it. But I was kinda hoping to create a restorable image or create a bit for bit copy. __________________ three.sentenc.es

November 4th, 2009, 08:48 PM	#2
WebHead Autobot Has posted quite alot Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 31,137 FarBux: 88,884.40	Shoot. I always do this. I work on something forever, can't figure it out, post here and then two seconds later find out my own answer. LOL. Well anyway, I think I got an old 8gb drive laying around. I'm just going to attach it as an external usb and then dd the linux system to it. That should work perfectly for what I need to do. Gonna try it and find out. __________________ three.sentenc.es

November 6th, 2009, 06:22 PM	#3
WebHead Autobot Has posted quite alot Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 31,137 FarBux: 88,884.40	Turns out Clonezilla is EXACTLY what I needed. If any of you ever need to make a perfect clone of your Linux system as an image file on an external disk, this is the way to go. Basically does the exact same thing Acronis does. Perfect!! I iz happy. __________________ three.sentenc.es

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