debian disk is dying
The hardware needs to be returned to the factory for a warranty-covered
replacement. I have an esata docking station and an esata hard drive I
can put this system on though. I'm using the command line and figure I'll
probably end up using cpio to do the backup. What maybe could be a
problem with cpio are the /dev /proc /pts and another directory tree that
needs all of its directories to copy over empty so when the system starts
up for the first time on the usb interface it will create its own files
inside those directory trees. I don't know how to get cpio to create
those directories or directory trees but not copy existing files off the
dying disk into those directories. I did download dar and could use it
but would prefer to just have a complete mirrored backup I can run once
the dying disk is removed. If it helps any, this is an AMD processor
equipped machine. I read about the need for the directory trees being
created empty in the dar tutorial.
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