>> Have you tested a restore? If you are restoring to 'baremetal', then you
>> might actually need something in /dev before udev starts, which is a bit
>> tricky as it's 'under' udev...
>
> Not necessarily.  If you're doing a baremetal restore, you already have to
> have to boot some minimum OS before you can run the fd anyway.  What I have
> done several times is this:
>
>  - boot a plain old fedora rescue CD
>  - copy the fd binaries, config files, and diskinfo scripts onto it
>  - recreate the partition tables and filesystems using the diskinfo scripts
>  - mount the new partitions on /restore
>  - done a full restore with where => /restore
>  - reinstall the boot load
>  - reboot into the newly restored system
>
> Since the boot scripts are designed to come up with an empty /dev and populate
> it at runtime, all you have to do is make sure the /dev/ directory exists.
>

In gentoo, I believe its possible to boot a live cd (or sysrescuecd
http://www.sysresccd.org/Beta-x86)  install bacula on tempfs and get
it to restore to a real harddrive without installing the OS first.

I have not tested that though.

John

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