Hi
On examining my root volume backup, I noticed for the first time the /mnt/grml directory. It looks almost like the whole root fs to me.
Can somebody explain a bit about this directory? Especially, will my root volume backup be twice as big as it should be? Is it OK to omit the directory when backing up, or use it alone for backup, ...?
thanks
On Wed, 27 Dec 2006 08:53:57 -0500, T wrote:
..., or use it alone for backup, ...?
Since grml uses Unionfs, which is transparent to the applications, what is the best strategy to back up the root partition -- I want to backup file only in my root volume/partition, not files on other partitions, or transparently mounted by Unionfs.
thanks
* T mlist4suntong@yahoo.com [20061227 16:01]:
On Wed, 27 Dec 2006 08:53:57 -0500, T wrote:
..., or use it alone for backup, ...?
Since grml uses Unionfs, which is transparent to the applications, what is the best strategy to back up the root partition
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What do you want to backup? root-partition of live-cd?! On hd-installation unionfs isn't enabled by default so you don't have to care about it.
regards, -mika-
On Wed, 27 Dec 2006 16:10:01 +0100, Michael Prokop wrote:
What do you want to backup? root-partition of live-cd?! On hd-installation unionfs isn't enabled by default so you don't have to care about it.
hmm, interesting. yep, I want to backup my root-partition, which is /dev/sda5. But looking at the mount/df output, I didn't see /dev/sda5 mounted as other normal partitions:
$ mount rootfs on / type rootfs (rw) /dev/root on / type ext3 (rw,noatime,data=ordered)
So I thought it is because of unionfs.
Mika, could you explain me a little bit about it? E.g.,
- how root-partition is not mounted - why root-partition is not mounted as other normal partitions - why there are two filesystems mounted at / - etc.
thanks
* T mlist4suntong@yahoo.com [20061227 15:15]:
On examining my root volume backup, I noticed for the first time the /mnt/grml directory. It looks almost like the whole root fs to me.
Can somebody explain a bit about this directory? Especially, will my root volume backup be twice as big as it should be? Is it OK to omit the directory when backing up, or use it alone for backup, ...?
The directory is only used for automount stuff (the filesystem with label GRMLCFG) and as target directory for grml2hd.
Everything else should be stuff done by yourself. ;)
regards, -mika-
On Wed, 27 Dec 2006 16:08:44 +0100, Michael Prokop wrote:
On examining my root volume backup, I noticed for the first time the /mnt/grml directory. It looks almost like the whole root fs to me.
Can somebody explain a bit about this directory? Especially, will my root volume backup be twice as big as it should be? Is it OK to omit the directory when backing up, or use it alone for backup, ...?
The directory is only used for automount stuff (the filesystem with label GRMLCFG) and as target directory for grml2hd.
Everything else should be stuff done by yourself. ;)
I don't have any filesystem with label GRMLCFG, but did use grml2hd to install grml to HD.
So, am I right that it is safe to remove the whole /mnt/grml directory for now?
* T mlist4suntong@yahoo.com [20061227 16:54]:
On Wed, 27 Dec 2006 16:08:44 +0100, Michael Prokop wrote:
The directory is only used for automount stuff (the filesystem with label GRMLCFG) and as target directory for grml2hd.
Everything else should be stuff done by yourself. ;)
I don't have any filesystem with label GRMLCFG, but did use grml2hd to install grml to HD.
So, am I right that it is safe to remove the whole /mnt/grml directory for now?
If you don't have any stuff mounted inside /mnt/grml: yes :)
regards, -mika-
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