[nflug] Image backups

mark k mkopenski at gmail.com
Mon Oct 29 21:37:06 EDT 2007


The only thing you could do differently is increase the size of the dumps to
1gb, I think standard dvd format has 1 gb file limitations, there could be
some other format for the disks to make files bigger though.

On 10/28/07, Joe <josephj at main.nc.us> wrote:
>
> I have shell scripts for my ancient desktop that create image backups of
> my Linux and Windows partitions and burn them to CDROM's using dump for
> Linux and partimage for Windows.
>
> I want to adapt these for use on my new (dual boot - kubuntu feisty/win
> XP) notebook with a single layer DVD burner (and much bigger disk
> partitions).
>
> Do I keep everything the same, just making the iso files much larger or
> do I need a new method of doing things?
>
> The current script does a:
> /sbin/dump 0uMBzf 614400 <target-drive> <source-drive>
>
> for each Linux (ext2/3) partition and a
>
> /usr/sbin/partimage -V614400 -z1 -o -d -m -b  -f3 save  <source-drive>
> <target-drive>
>
> for each Windows (FAT32) partition.  Then, I just run a script that
> burns all the images in the order I wanted them while I do a protracted
> CD shuffle.
>
> How many blocks big is a DVD or do I have to do things entirely
> differently?  My new notebook uses ext3 and NTFS.
>
> TIA
>
> Joe
>
> P.S. I just extracted the lines of code that make the backups and
> removed variable references to make it more clear.  I'd have to pour
> over the man pages to remember what all the options mean.  The whole
> scripts are available if anyone wants to see them.
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