[PLUG] Backup over network...

[Matt McKenzie]

On Sat, May 15, 2010 at 8:21 PM, Michael C. Robinson <
plug_1 at robinson-west.com> wrote:

> On Sat, 2010-05-15 at 19:15 -0700, drew wymore wrote:
> > On Sat, May 15, 2010 at 7:00 PM, Someone <plug_1 at robinson-west.com>
> wrote:
> > > My dad has one of those fancy quad core 64 bit Windows 7 laptops.  I
> > > have a Pentium III optimized LFS system which I can back up Windows and
> > > Linux systems with as long as the computer is a Pentium III or IV.
>  Will
> > > a Pentium III Linux kernel boot a quad core computer???
> > >
> > > I am using dd to dump entire hard drives, this is space intensive
> though
> > > and I end up backing up fragmentation.  Is there a better way that is
> as
> > > powerful as hard drive imaging?  Using dd is brute forcing the problem,
> > > but this is a safe way to back a system up.
> > >
> > > If I need a 64 bit Linux kernel and a 64 bit optimized NFS mountable
> > > Linux filesystem, how do I produce those on a 32 bit computer?  Is it
> > > possible to produce an Apple G3 compatible Linux system on a PIII based
> > > Linux server?  How about network booting a PC164 Alpha system?
> > >
> > > In general, I'm curious how to trick the Linux kernel source into
> > > compiling on one computer for a totally different kind of computer.
> > >
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> > No offense meant by using lmgtfy
>
> What does lmgtfy mean?
>
> I want to be able to include my Dad's laptop in my network based backup
> system which is made up of a network bootable Linux system and a large
> backup area.  For obvious reasons, installing Linux on my Dad's laptop
> even just to export that installation to a server is not a realistic
> option.
>
> Short of talking Dad into buying a second internal hard drive for his
> computer and taking the Windows 7 drive out temporarily so I can install
> 64 bit Linux, how am I going to put together a 64 bit Linux system
> without a 64 bit quad core computer?  I'm sure I'm not the only person
> who cannot realistically buy a quad core computer just to facilitate
> installing 64 bit Linux to it to then export that system over a network.
> What if I had a really expensive mainframe computer with Windows on it
> and I couldn't justify buying another one just in case?  Heterogeneous
> Linux/Windows networks are common where the difficulty of getting all
> the machines backed up is nothing new.
>
> This problem isn't so far out where I would appreciate it if people
> wouldn't resort to vague and probably colorful metaphors.
>
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LMGTFY = Let Me Google That For You
(as in, go to www.google.com and enter search terms...)

And if you click on the link, it pulls up a Google search with the terms:
cross compiling linux kernels

which seems apropos for what you are asking.

Also, another angle, you are asking about backup strategy for a 64 bit Win7
machine to a 32 bit Linux machine.
That doesn't necessarily require cross compiling, it just requires a backup
solution that is cross platform.



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Matt M.
LinuxKnight