FC3 full backup and restore options

[Mike Pepe]

Mike Pepe wrote:
> Hi listers,
> 
> I'm converting my FC3 box from software to hardware RAID and changing 
> out some dead disks.
> 
> I don't want to reinstall. Here's what I was thinking of doing- if 
> anyone has any comments or suggetions ("yes that works","I tried that 
> and it didn't work", etc) I'd love to hear them.
> 
> 1: Boot off rescue CD
> 2: change into the /mnt/sysimage directory to get to my root filesystem
> 3: tar the contents onto a physical tape and/or external USB disk
> 4: shut down, install hardware RAID card, power up, format RAID arrays
> 5: boot off rescue CD again, partition the RAID disks and create new 
> filesystems, mount new structure under /mnt/sysimage
> 6: untar backup into new directory structure
> 7: boot off GRUB floppy, reinstall GRUB
> 8: hope machine boots after all this
> 
> Comments anyone?
> 

Thanks all, your suggestions were helpful and I was able to restore the 
system without any major incidents!

-Mike