[Sheflug] aargh, disk crash

[Barrie Bremner <xxxxx [at] xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

>>>>> "matt" == matt fairtlough <matt [at] fairtlough.net> writes:

    matt> Are there any tools than can automate a backup over an 
    matt> internet connection (cable modem)?  I've decided to tar up
    matt> and compress /home (0.7G) (omitting the dodgy directory) and
    matt> /usr (1.5G) and try to ftp them to work but if that fails
    matt> for any reason (namely the excessive size) I may need more
    matt> help.

Forget /usr - everything in there should come off of the distro disks
when you reinstall (in theory).

If there are any specific directories you've created in /usr - get
those tho.

/home, possibly /etc and at the outside /usr/local/ are the ones I'd
be looking at.

    matt> Assuming I've managed to back everything I need up, how do I
    matt> find out just how much of the disk is damaged, and is there
    matt> any prospect of recovering the damaged data?

    matt> I'm running reiserfs on the affected disk, might that help?

Nope. No matter how clever the filesystem, it can't really help once the
hardware is borked.

HTH,

Baz.

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