Re: backup methods

[Lars Noodén <lars.nooden@hum.uit.no>]

I've been trying this on a running system, perhaps that's why tar 
doesn't work.  I guess I could try the restore after booting from a 
floppy disk instead when using an old world macintosh.

However, I'd like to avoid a boot-disk dependent method because the 
G4 I will eventually use does not have a floppy drive.  Would there 
be a way to boot from the install CD and then mount & restore the HD? 
I

-Lars

> I don't see why tar wouldn't work, but note that untarring to root 
> on a running system isn't necessarily a good idea. So how are you 
> doing it? tarring from a disk to a file, then untarring to a disk in 
> another machine and moving the disk back to the original machine, or 
> doing it from a bootfloppy or similar?
>
> I've done both a few times. having a rescue floppy ready for these 
> occasions is quite good.