Best way to backup a specific drive?

[Mikkel L. Ellertson]

Daniel B. Thurman wrote:
> I am preparing to backup my root drive in preparation
> for installing f7.  What is the best way to do this?
> 
> I have in /dev/hda as:
> 
> /boot = /dev/hda1
> /       = /dev/hda2
> 
> I have backed up /boot with: tar zcvpf /boot.tgz /boot
> 
> But have get to figure out how to get /dev/hda2 backed up without
> picking up the other drives mounted on /
> 
> Of course, I am saving the backups on a different drive so that I can
> use specific files I want to restore or refer to when rebuilding the new
> f7 installation.
> 
> Thanks!
> Dan
> 
> 
If you want a quick way to restore your current setup, take a look
at partimage. http://www.partimage.org/Main_Page It is part of the
System Rescue CD. http://www.sysresccd.org/Main_Page This give you
the advantage of backing up an unmounted file system.

If you want to use tar, take a look at the --one-file-system option.

Mikkel
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