Re: Bootable system backup
You have to do it that way
/dev/hda1 minimum install (not necessary but might help)
/dev/hda2 swap
/dev/hda3 server1' /
/dev/hda4 server2' /
/dev/hda5 server3' /
then start with root=/dev/hda1
put server's1,2,3 kernels in /boot and write a boot config in lilo.conf for
each server like :
image=/boot/vmlinuz-server1
label=server1
root=/dev/hda3
image=/boot/vmlinuz-server2
label=server2
root=/dev/hda4
image=/boot/vmlinuz-server3
label=server3
root=/dev/hda5
and of course one also for the minimum itself, like :
image=/vmlinuz
label=linux
root=/dev/hda1
then start lilo
you can now boot with your hard drive, at lilo prompt just give server1 if you
want to start the hard drive as server1, for example.
Also, there some file you have to care about like /etc/fstab
juste set in the /etc/fstab of server1 that / is /dev/hda3 and swap hda2, in
server2 / is /dev/hda4 and swap hda2 and so on.
This because, everything is going to be on the slash an not partitioned into
different file systems (/, /usr, /var/, /tmp, /home, /whatever).
JM
Quoting Russell <rjshaw@iprimus.com.au>:
> Hi,
>
> I want to make a complete bootable backup of my debian 3 system
> on to a removeable hard disk. I've got one swap partition, and
> a main partition for everything else (ext2).
>
> How do i copy any boot files that need to be on a certain
> part of the hard-disk? The hard disks are different sizes.
>
>
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