diff --git a/LDP/users/Jason-Evans/Linux-Complete-Backup-HTML.adoc b/LDP/users/Jason-Evans/Linux-Complete-Backup-HTML.adoc new file mode 100644 index 00000000..782fc1eb --- /dev/null +++ b/LDP/users/Jason-Evans/Linux-Complete-Backup-HTML.adoc @@ -0,0 +1,243 @@ +[[linux-complete-backup-and-recovery-howto]] +link:[]Linux Complete Backup and Recovery HOWTO +----------------------------------------------- + +[[charles-curley]] +link:[Charles Curley] +^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ + +           `` + +         + +*Revision History* + +Revision 2.1 + +2006-03-28 + +Revised by: c^2 + +Added notes for NTFS. Edited the To Do list. Started work on LVM and +using http://www.finnix.org/[finnix]. + +Revision 2.0 + +2005-10-12 + +Revised by: c^2 + +Notes for Fedora Core 4. Removed notes for older versions of FC and Red +Hat. Also, changes in the writeup and scripts to reflect using +http://www.knoppix.org/[Knoppix] instead of +http://www.toms.net/rb[tomsrtbt]. See the scripts for change notes. +Changed some scripts so that long lines don't fall off the right side of +printed pages (oops). + +Revision 1.8 + +2005-02-19 + +Revised by: c^2 + +Added notes for Fedora Core 3 + +Revision 1.7 + +2004-05-11 + +Revised by: c^2 + +Adjusted copyright language. + +Revision 1.6 + +2004-04-29 + +Revised by: c^2 + +Added http://www.knoppix.org/[Knoppix] notes, Syslinux, PPART, QtParted, +some other rescue CDs, and made some fixes. + +Revision 1.5 + +2003-12-19 + +Revised by: c^2 + +Fedora 1 and GRUB notes. + +Revision 1.4 + +2003-08-17 + +Revised by: c^2 + +Some notes on burning CD-ROMs, and more on files to exclude. + +Revision 1.3 + +2003-04-24 + +Revised by: c^2 + +Substituted new email address and URL for old. + +Revision 1.2 + +2003-02-12 + +Revised by: c^2 + +Added Red Hat 8.0 notes, support for FAT32, split the first stage +restore scripts, and other minor changes. Notes on +link:applicationspecificnotes.html#AMANDA[Amanda]. + +Revision 1.1 + +2002-09-10 + +Revised by: c^2 + +New code to handle ext3 partitions in +link:thescripts.html#MAKE.FDISK[`make.fdisk`], and a note on +link:creatingthestage1backup.html#INITRD[`initrd`]. + +Revision 1.0 + +2002-07-24 + +Revised by: c^2 + +We now use bz2 compression in the first stage, have the run time option +to check for bad blocks, and have a script that runs the entire first +stage. + +link:[] + +Imagine your disk drive has just become a very expensive hockey puck. +Imagine you have had a fire, and your computer case now looks like +something Salvador Dalĩ would like to paint. Now what? + +Total restore, sometimes called bare metal recovery, is the process of +rebuilding a computer after a catastrophic failure. In order to make a +total restoration, you must have complete backups, not only of your file +system, but of partition information and other data. This HOWTO is a +step-by-step tutorial on how to back up a Linux computer so as to be +able to make a bare metal recovery, and how to make that bare metal +recovery. It includes some related scripts. + +''''' + +*Table of Contents* + +1. link:intro.html[Introduction] + +1.1. link:intro.html#COPYRIGHT[Copyright Information] + +1.2. link:intro.html#DISCLAIMERS[Disclaimers] + +1.3. link:intro.html#NEWVERSIONS[New Versions] + +1.4. link:intro.html#CREDITS[Credits] + +1.5. link:intro.html#FEEDBACK[Feedback] + +1.6. link:intro.html#TRANSLATIONS[Translations] + +2. link:overview.html[Overview] + +2.1. link:overview.html#LIMITATIONS[Limitations] + +3. link:preparation.html[Preparation] + +3.1. link:preparation.html#INSTALLINGZIPDRIVE[Installing the ZIP Drive] + +4. link:creatingthestage1backup.html[Creating the Stage 1 Back Up] + +4.1. link:creatingthestage1backup.html#THEMEANDVARIATIONS[Theme And +Variations] + +5. link:firststagerestore.html[First Stage Restore] + +5.1. link:firststagerestore.html#BOOTING[Booting] + +5.2. link:firststagerestore.html#RESTORATION[Restoration] + +6. link:secondstagerestoration.html[Second Stage Restoration] + +7. link:distributionspecificnotes.html[Distribution Specific Notes] + +7.1. link:distributionspecificnotes.html#FEDORA3[Fedora Core 3 and 4] + +7.2. link:distributionspecificnotes.html#KNOPPIX[Knoppix] + +7.3. link:distributionspecificnotes.html#AEN583[finnix] + +8. link:applicationspecificnotes.html[Application Specific Notes] + +8.1. link:applicationspecificnotes.html#LVM[Logical Volume Manager] + +8.2. link:applicationspecificnotes.html#SELINUX[Selinux] + +8.3. link:applicationspecificnotes.html#GRUB[GRUB] + +8.4. link:applicationspecificnotes.html#TRIPWIRE[Tripwire] + +8.5. link:applicationspecificnotes.html#SQUID[Squid] + +8.6. link:applicationspecificnotes.html#ARKEIA[Arkeia] + +8.7. link:applicationspecificnotes.html#AMANDA[Amanda] + +8.8. link:applicationspecificnotes.html#NTFS[NTFS] + +9. link:someadvicefordisasterrecovery.html[Some Advice for Disaster +Recovery] + +10. link:whatnow.html[What Now?] + +10.1. link:whatnow.html#TODO[To Do] + +11. link:thescripts.html[The Scripts] + +11.1. link:thescripts.html#FIRSTSTAGE[First Stage] + +11.2. link:thescripts.html#SECONDSTAGE[Second Stage] + +11.3. link:thescripts.html#BACKUPSERVERSCRIPTS[Backup Server Scripts] + +12. link:resources.html[Resources] + +A. link:appendix1gfdl.html[GNU Free Documentation License] + +0. link:gfdl02.html[PREAMBLE] + +1. link:gfdl03.html[APPLICABILITY AND DEFINITIONS] + +2. link:gfdl04.html[VERBATIM COPYING] + +3. link:gfdl05.html[COPYING IN QUANTITY] + +4. link:gfdl06.html[MODIFICATIONS] + +5. link:gfdl07.html[COMBINING DOCUMENTS] + +6. link:gfdl08.html[COLLECTIONS OF DOCUMENTS] + +7. link:gfdl09.html[AGGREGATION WITH INDEPENDENT WORKS] + +8. link:gfdl10.html[TRANSLATION] + +9. link:gfdl11.html[TERMINATION] + +10. link:gfdl12.html[FUTURE REVISIONS OF THIS LICENSE] + +11. link:gfdl13.html[How to use this License for your documents] + +''''' + +[cols=",,",] +|=========================== +|  |  |link:intro.html[Next] +|  |  |Introduction +|===========================