[ale] block dev over net?

[Jerry Yu]

if it is dying due to hw problem, direct image (dd) is not such a good idea.

I'd rely on tar/star for a full os backup (excluding /proc/*, of course). 
then untar (unstar) it to the new drive (partition it first, mount it, etc). 


On 6/23/05, David Corbin <dcorbin at machturtle.com> wrote:
> 
> I have a laptop whose hard drive is dying. I've got backups of most of
> the data I think I need. For a full-size hard drive, I'd buy a new one
> and try to make a direct image on it. But what would be easier is to
> make an image copy over the network, and restore that image once I have
> the new hard drive installed.
> 
> Can I make such an image over the network, with a reasonable chance of
> restoring it over the network on a virgin drive? Any reason not to do
> this? (I've go the disk space on my file server) Whats the best command
> to do this?
> 
> It's a Gentoo system and I plan on installing Gentoo again.
> 
> David
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