[mdlug] Network backup options

[Carl T. Miller]

greenproc wrote:
> You could boot with System Rescue CD, or Knoppix, or even to your desktop
> if
> it's not too instable, and then scp the partitions to a directory on your
> laptop
> -- but that won't work unless you're happy to tar and compress once it's
> on your
> laptop.

Actually it is possible to tar it before it arrives at the
laptop.  Boot from a Knoppix CD and run the tar command
output to ssh.  Something like this:

tar cvz / | ssh user at laptop "cat > ~/desktop.tar.gz"

Or if you want to copy the entire partition gzipped:

gzip /dev/hda1 | ssh user at laptop "cat > ~/desktop.hda1.gz"

c