Re: [gentoo-user] tar a brand new Gentoo install to a USB drive for safe keeping?

["Mark Knecht" <markknecht@gmail.com>]

On Sun, May 4, 2008 at 5:41 PM, Mark Shields <laebshade@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Look into what's called a "stage 4 backup":
> http://blinkeye.ch/mediawiki/index.php/GNU/Linux_System_Backup_Script_(stage4)
>
> I've had to actually use it once, and it worked fine.  It already excludes
> the appropriate files:
>
> /dev
> /lost+found
> /mnt
> /proc
> /sys
> /tmp
> /usr/portage
> /usr/src
> /var/log
> /var/tmp
>
> /var/db
> /var/cache/edb
>
> It doesn't back up the MBR or the partition tables (primary or logical),
> though you could edit the script to do that.
>
> --
> - Mark Shields

Thanks Mark. That looks interesting.

I'm not clear about the process of actually making the backup. This
get run on a live file system? I suppose the things it excludes if it
does are the things that might be changing?

- Mark
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