You can use a tool like tar, to back up each of your filesystems, and then use blowfish to encrypt it. This would let you keep compressed files of each of your filesystems, like /etc, /, /var etc...
Then you can compress your /home filesystem and keep all of your files.
This way, if any of them fail you can just replace them.
Yes, partimage is great, I was trying out FreeBSD so I did a backup of Windows partition to install FreeBSD there. Partimage backuped 7GB of data from a 15GB partition in about 20 minutes and compressed it down to 2.5GB. After I was done playing with FreeBSD I restored Windows, it took only about 20 minutes again. Very good tool.
Well, with the Linux-Live-scripts you could make a LiveCD/-DVD of it. Compression isn't bad, my whole system, which takes up around 10GB, would be compressed down to the size of a single-layer DVD, around 4GB.
Best thing is that you can even boot and use it.
If you want a complete backup with everything I think PartImage would be a good solution.
You can use a tool like tar, to back up each of your filesystems, and then use blowfish to encrypt it. This would let you keep compressed files of each of your filesystems, like /etc, /, /var etc...
Then you can compress your /home filesystem and keep all of your files.
This way, if any of them fail you can just replace them.
That works, but PartImage is easier and probably faster.
what's wrong with dd ?
what's wrong with dd ?
Perhaps that you haven't written a newbie friendly explanation of how to use it yet?
Also, it's not very space efficient.
It copies everything, including empty space. PartImage skips over that.
Here's my list of links in my website. Hope it helps.
Backups - HowTo
http://kmself.home.netcom.com/Linux/FAQs/backups.html (Linux Backups mini-FAQ)
http://madpenguin.org/Article1505.html (ssh, tar, cron)
http://www.tpci.com/linux_backup_software.htm (Linux Backup Softwares)
http://www.mikerubel.org/computers/rsync_snapshots/ (rsync)
http://www.linuxfocus.org/English/March2004/article326.shtml (rsync)
http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Linux-Complete-Backup-and-Recovery-HOWTO/ (Linux Complete Backup and Recovery HOWTO)
http://www.tldp.org/LDP/lame/LAME/linux-admin-made-easy/backup-and-restore.html (Backup and Restore Procedures)
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Yes, partimage is great, I was trying out FreeBSD so I did a backup of Windows partition to install FreeBSD there. Partimage backuped 7GB of data from a 15GB partition in about 20 minutes and compressed it down to 2.5GB. After I was done playing with FreeBSD I restored Windows, it took only about 20 minutes again. Very good tool.
still wrapping around this issue.
Partlmage is definitely the simplest solution...or you could burn everything to a dvd lol...or should I say an expensive bluray disc or HD-DVD...
Well, with the Linux-Live-scripts you could make a LiveCD/-DVD of it. Compression isn't bad, my whole system, which takes up around 10GB, would be compressed down to the size of a single-layer DVD, around 4GB.
Best thing is that you can even boot and use it.