Jack wrote:
> Ok, I have not found this, and it must be 'out there' somewhere.
> 
> I would like to be able to do a 'bear metal restore' for both Linux and
> Windows.
> 
> I have done it using a commercial product on Windows (basics were:
> build a 'new' installation with just the minimal network basics, with the
> c:\windows somewhere else (like c:\winx ) if c:\windows is your 'system'
> directory.
> then restore all the data, including the c:\windows directory, 
> restore the 'system state', reboot the machine.  It is now exactly
> the same as it was before, after you erase c:\winx
> 
> I never did it on Linux.  I basically have just built a 'new' machine and
> restored data, and re-installed all programs.  Doing bear metal here would
> be
> nice too.
> 
> Does someone know where I can ReadTheFineManual for some 'how-to's' with
> BackupPC?

The main backuppc specific thing is how to generate a tar file with 
BackupPC_tarCreate: 
http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/faq/BackupPC.html#commandline_restore_options

The rest is just ordinary Linux nuts and bolts.  Boot one of  the live 
cd isos that will bring up the network and give you an assortment of 
tools.  Fdisk/mkfs something resembling the original partition layout, 
mount them somewhere, then ssh the appropriate BackupPC_tarCreate 
command, piping to a local tar extract to restore.  Personally, I like 
to restrict the backup runs to one file system with separate runs for 
each.  If you do everything in one run you'll have to mount the new 
partitions into their relative positions to make the restore work. Then 
you have to install grub to make the disk bootable.

-- 
   Les Mikesell
    lesmikesell AT gmail DOT com

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