Re: Restoring Old System

[McCarty Ronald <mccarty yournetguard com>]

Oh.  I misunderstood.  The issue comes up after the restore?

If you don't get a direct answer to the question, I would try an approach to identify what has been overwritten...either from the restore process or writing a script to compare files before and after.

Another option might be to do a complete restore on another drive or boot from floppy or CD if you can get the restore program on some external media.

--ron
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On Mar 27, 2008, at 5:20 PM, Al Sparks wrote:

By exclude, I didn't restore anything in those directories.

I didn't overwrite anything in the /etc directory (which includes
/etc/X11) or the /boot directory (where the kernels reside).
   === Al

> From: McCarty Ronald <mccarty yournetguard com>
> To: Getting started with Red Hat Linux <redhat-install-list redhat com>
> Sent: Thursday, March 27, 2008 1:45:18 PM
> Subject: Re: Restoring Old System
> 
> Al,
> 
> I'm actually wondering if you aren't getting something that you need
> by the exclude?  I'm thinking some configuration was done to the
> X-Windows that has since been forgotten.
> 
> I would focus in on keeping the /etc/X11 directory (although I'm not
> heavy into X windows...usually just install and take the defaults...)
> 
> --ron
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On Mar 27, 2008, at 3:56 PM, Al Sparks wrote:
>> I'm trying to restore an older system from bare metal.
>>
>> So what I do is install RHEL, install the backup client (netvault), and proceed to restore, but exclude /etc and /boot from the restore.
>>
>> After the restore, I can't get a X-Windows display.
>>
>> What else should I exclude from the restore?
>>   === Al