Backup & Restore of an entire Ubuntu system

[(=?utf-8?q?=60=60-=5F-=C2=B4=C2=B4?=) -- Fernando]

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Can you try #sudo cfdisk ?

On Saturday 04 August 2007 11:38:55 Matthias Scheer wrote:
> Actually the weird issue is concerning the partitions... Seems like some
> information regarding them got corrupted. This means that I can safely
> boot into both systems, but when I try to access the HD using gparted
> (or Partition Magic from XP) there are no partitions shown.
>
> (``-_-´´) -- Fernando schrieb:
> > Why go to all that trouble?
> > just delete the partition that has windows (with gparted or any other)
> > from you current Ubuntu install, and then either expand one of your
> > partitions to that free space, or create a new one to save your files
> > there, when you run out of space on your current partitions.
> > I see no need to do a backup of everything. None the less, a backup of
> > you home, should be done before resizing your current partitions.
> >
> >> I have some weired issue on my dual-boot laptop installation (with XP
> >> and Feisty) which I won't get into here; but since I don't need the XP
> >> installation anymore, I decided to wipe the HD and repartition it using
> >> a Live CD of Ubuntu.
> >>
> >> Is the following procedure feasible in my case?
> >>
> >> 1) Backup the Ubuntu system to an usb drive using 'rsync -avz /
> >> /media/disk'
> >>
> >> 2) Boot the Live CD; delete the old partitions; create new ones
> >>
> >> 3) Now here I'm unsure: Does replacing the partitions remove the MBR of
> >> the HD? If yes, how do I create a new one?
> >>
> >> 4) Restoring the system from USB drive
> >>
> >> 5) Updating GRUB



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