Re: Make restore cds(dvds)

[Rick Stevens <rstevens vitalstream com>]

David Havery wrote:
> See, I know with dd (I've not used partimage) that when you create an 
> image, you get a file the size of the partition (empty space and all), 
> that's no good for a couple of reasons...
>
> 1)  if I have a 300g drive with a 10g install, I want to be able to use 
> a cheap 10g to back up to rather than fork over the premium for a 300g
> 2) in the case of an array, the space may very well be bigger than 
> available drives.
>
> system imager btw, is a pretty good solution, it will backup filespace 
> (vs drivespace), however, to do this with a bootable distro and span 
> multiple dvd's is beyond my ability presently.  Sadly, this is exactly 
> what mkCDrec claims to do but since I can't get it installed and can't 
> get support from them, it's moot.

You could use the ancient but tried-and-true "dump/restore" mechanism.
It won't create bootable images, but it's a solid backup.
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