If you simply boot from the install CD in rescue mode, mount your NFS file system and tar the root mounted under /mnt/sysimage (with compression if you please) to the NFS volume you should acheive what you need. Needless to say you can then reverse the process if necessary. Michael Mansour wrote: >Hi Michael, > > > >>Hi, >> >>i have some problems with my installation. >> >>I use SL4 as a Server system with an LVM Storage for System and >>Data. And now I want so backup the whole Hard drive to an image File >>stored on a LAN-NFS-Server. >> >>I should be possible to run a disaster Recovery, which means that I can >>restore the complete System with its old configuration. >> >>Can I use TAR? >> >>My Hard Drive has a capacity about approximately 140 Gbyte. When I >>use "dd" the Image file has also 140 Gbyte, but only 51 Gbyte are >>currently used. >> >>Which command or program can I use for Backup only the 51 Gbyte >>instead of 140 (I do not want to backup free space). >> >>Thanks for help >> >> > >There's so many possibilities for this, but I'd start by looking at projects like: > >* Mondo Rescue > >* Ghost for Linux (g4u or g4l) > >Michael. > > > >>Mike >> >> \\|// >> >> (o o) >> >>---------oOOo-(_)-oOOo---------- >> >>E-Mail: <mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask] >> >> >------- End of Original Message ------- > >