Comments on: Move linux to another hard drive (dump, restore, backup)

By: JohnnyBoyClub

JohnnyBoyClub — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 09:04:13 +0000

The method i am using to move linux is :
- I am using the software http://www.dmailer.com/dmailer-backup.html is a free software that allows you to backup and save your files online.
- Making the backup to all files
- Saving it online
- Than restore it on the other drive
- And i am ready to go

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By: sankar

sankar — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 11:20:57 +0000

this is very useful to us.

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By: Øyvind

Øyvind — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 12:31:22 +0000

Hi, nice guide, but i’m stuck at the “dump” part, do you think you could help me out?

oaeide@server:/mnt/sdd1$ dump -0uan -f – /boot | restore -r -f -
DUMP: You can’t update the dumpdates file when dumping a subdirectory
DUMP: The ENTIRE dump is aborted.
restore: Tape read error on first record

Both Sda1 and Sdd1 are labaled /boot

By: Yousuf

Yousuf — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 17:23:24 +0000

Hi, good info, but using dump & restore is very proprietary to each filesystem. It will work for Linux’s Ext2/Ext3 filesystems, but it may not work if you’re using another Linux filesystem like ReiserFS or JFS or XFS. The dump program is proprietary to each filesystem, though the restore is portable. An alternative solution would be to use tar in a similar respect to how you used the dump and restore:

tar cf – –one-file-system /source | ( cd /destination ; tar xvf – )

The first tar command in the sequence acts like your dump, while the second tar inside the parenthesis “()” act like your restore. The first tar sends its output directly to the second tar through the standard input and output. No tar archives are created.

The “–one-file-system” option only works with GNU tar (which is the version that comes with Linux), and it prevents the tar from crossing filesystem mount points. This way you will only backup and restore one file system at a time.

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By: David Medinets

David Medinets — Mon, 26 May 2008 13:24:27 +0000

Nice article! Thanks.