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Bug 28227

Summary:	RFE: Add files to linux rescue needed for SCSI tape backup/restore
Product:	[Retired] Red Hat Linux	Reporter:	Roger J. Allen <rja>
Component:	anaconda	Assignee:	Brent Fox <bfox>
Status:	CLOSED DUPLICATE	QA Contact:	Brock Organ <borgan>
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Priority:	low
Version:	7.1	Keywords:	FutureFeature
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Hardware:	i386
OS:	Linux
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Description Roger J. Allen 2001-02-18 12:35:42 UTC

In the past, I used yard to create boot floppies with the drivers and tools
that I need for backups so that I could restore a root disk if it failed. 
Since the kernel and glibc have gotten so big,  it is hard to fit
everything on a floppy.  The Red Hat CD booted with "linux rescue" almost
has all of the tools that I use.

Currently, after installing Red Hat, I create an ext2 floppy and put the
rest of the stuff that I need for backups on it.  Since I backup to a SCSI
tape drive, I add the st.o module, along with dump and restore.  Then,
after booting "linux rescue", I can mount the floppy, load st, and run dump
or restore.

Maybe there are too many different ways to backup a system for you to
support, but would it be possible to add st (either as a module or in the
kernel), dump, and restore?  It already recognizes the scsi adapter, and mt
is there, but no st.  It would be nice to be able to backup a system before
performing an upgrade and know that you can get it back to where it was
again.

Comment 1 Michael Fulbright 2001-02-21 19:37:04 UTC

We will consider this for future releases.

Comment 2 Michael Fulbright 2001-09-18 19:45:41 UTC


*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 3383 ***