YaST System Restore SuSE 9.1 Pro

[Frank Hagan]

I have used the YaST System Restore and Backup functions that create a
.tar file and a .xml file saved in /home/frank/backup on the Hard Drive.
It worked well and saved me a complete reinstall when I removed a few
too many programs that I thought I wouldn't need and forgot to check
dependencies. I have also saved the backup.tar and .xml files to CD.

My question is can I use the backup.tar and .xml files on the CD to
restore, or more accurately configure, a fresh install of SuSE 9.1 Pro?
I realize that it would be a manual backup and I would have to
recreate the /home/frank/ backup directory and copy the .tar and .xml
to it. Has anyone done this? I would appreciate comments and advice.
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FRH

[Kevin Nathan]

On Mon, 07 Jun 2004 00:37:40 GMT
Frank Hagan <frank1946...@mindspring.com> wrote:

> I realize that it would be a manual backup and I would have to
> recreate the /home/frank/ backup directory and copy the .tar and .xml
> to it. Has anyone done this? I would appreciate comments and advice.

I haven't done it (no burner in my home box) but don't see why that
would be any different than what you have now. If I were you, I'd do a
few tests -- I think (but don't *know*) that you wouldn't even have to
copy them from the CD:

tar -xvf /path/to/CD/backup.tar

from the correct dir on your hard drive -- I do something similar at
work for all my source code, but never a complete backup of /home . . .

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Kevin Nathan (Montana, USA)
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[Frank Hagan]

Kevin Nathan wrote:

> I haven't done it (no burner in my home box) but don't see why that
> would be any different than what you have now. If I were you, I'd do a
> few tests

I think you're right. I've got an unused HD. It can't hurt to try. Thanks.

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FRH