On Wed, 1 Sep 2004, Gregory Siems wrote: > I am attempting to implement a means of performing bare metal recovery > of the Linux boxes under my care. To do this I have a script that tars > up the files and creates scripts for restoring the partitioning, boot > loader, etc. The idea being that if I have a bootable Linux distribution > (i.e. Knoppix) and the backup then I could bare metal restore the backed > up system. Not to answer your question directly, but have you tried using Mondo? It's a full-featured restore utilitity just like what you describe. http://www.mondorescue.org/ -- Nate Carlson <natecars at real-time.com> | Phone : (952)943-8700 http://www.real-time.com | Fax : (952)943-8500 _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota Help beta test TCLUG's potential new home: http://plone.mn-linux.org Got pictures for TCLUG? Beta test http://plone.mn-linux.org/gallery tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list