rsync is bad...now fixed

[Karl Larsen]

Les Mikesell wrote:
> Karl Larsen wrote:
>   
>>>     Can't do that now Mike. I formatted the partition again for a fresh 
>>>       
>> start. I used a rsync method recommended and will comment on it's 
>> workings. I fixed the recommended rsync method and used it to backup 
>> this Ubuntu to /dev/hda7 again. The rsync ended with zero errors.
>>
>>     Here is the way I used rsync:
>> karl at karl-desktop:~$ cat /root/bin/rsync1
>> # This file is designed to backup my Ubuntu to the USB Hard Drive using 
>> rsync
>> # Karl Larsen, 8 june 08
>> # rsync -vaHz --exclude '/proc' --exclude '/sys' --exclude '/media' /.
>> # /media/disk
>> rsync -vaH --exclude '/proc' --exclude 'sys' --exclude 'home' --exclude 
>> '/mnt' /. /mnt
>>
>> The last line is what I used because I wanted the backup to go direct to 
>> /dev/hda7 and it did.
>>
>>     Next I went to /mnt/etc/fstab and changed the uuid to the one I made 
>> yesterday for /dev/hda7. Then I reboot and came up in the backup. It 
>> found the kernel and the splash panel came on and there it stopped.
>>
>>     I rest my case. Rsync does not work as a backup because the backup 
>> does not work. Period.
>>     
>
> No, it just doesn't work when you do it wrong.  Did you create the 
> directories you excluded from being copied - with the same 
> owner/permissions as the originals?
>
>   
    Hi Les, this message is from my Ubuntu that was just backed up with 
rsync. The problem I learned is you must get a NEW uuid made AFTER you 
back up or the backup will not boot :-)

    The rsync I used was from Rex and it worked fine after I fixed it. 
The new uuid was all I had to do to get it working.

Here is what I used:
rsync -vaH --exclude '/proc' --exclude 'sys' --exclude 'home' --exclude 
'/mnt' /. /mnt

I call this with a sudo so it is a root privledge.

Rex had a Z in his string but my rsync upchucked with that :-)

Karl



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