Backuppc file missing

[user1]

On Fri, 09 Apr 2010 14:52:36 +0200, Loïc Grenié wrote:

> 2010/4/9 Joep L. Blom <jlblom at neuroweave.nl>:
>> I know this is not the backuppc list but I'm trying for a very long
>> time to get backuppc performing useful tasks, but I don't succeed. In

This might be another backup idea which I find very easy to use:

I have installed my ubuntu on sda1 on a partition of 30 gb size - seems 
to be a reasonably size for me.

I use puppy linux live cd to backup the whole partition onto an external 
usb harddisk, and it takes aproximately 24 minutes to make a backup.
You might use the knoppix live cd newest version 6.2 for the same task.

I use the dd command.

Here is the command I use on puppy for the backup of /dev/sda1:

dd if=/dev/sda1 of=/mnt/sdb1/filename.img 

In order to restore the partition the command should be:

dd if=/mnt/sdb1/filename.img of=/dev/sda1

One should always connect the external harddisk in the same order in 
order not to mess up the name (/mnt/sdb1).

See also www.minihowto.org for more information