George Gallen on 1 Aug 2006 15:43:08 -0000


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RE: [PLUG] restoring from a backup tape....


I'm in the same boat.

Problem is that the 7.2 CD doesn't support our RAID array,
   and that was a pain to configure with the diskettes

However the 8.0 does support it.

We are also setting up a second PC (with FC5) as well.

Looks like I'm going to have to reset everything... Hoped to
avoid re-creating all the user accounts, and all the config files.

George

> -----Original Message-----
> From: plug-bounces@lists.phillylinux.org
> [mailto:plug-bounces@lists.phillylinux.org]On Behalf Of Andrew Libby
> Sent: Tuesday, August 01, 2006 9:17 AM
> To: Philadelphia Linux User's Group Discussion List
> Subject: Re: [PLUG] restoring from a backup tape....
> 
> 
> 
> I just went through my old CDs and I have the 2nd disk (of 2), but I
> seem to be missing the first. 
> 
> Andy
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Andrew Libby wrote:
> 
> >Hi George,
> >
> >You're best bet is to track down 7.2 cds.  But I think the 
> big problem
> >that you encountered is that your boot loader is looking for 
> a newer kernel.
> >This newer kernel was overwritten, or has had it's world 
> changed enough so
> >that it can't boot.  I'd try booting from a cd to a shell, 
> mounting the
> >system up and installing the boot loader on to the MBR with the
> >correct configuration.  The directions to do this will 
> differ depending
> >on the boot loader.  The two most common loaders are grub and lilo.
> >You should be able to tell based on the boot loader prompt.
> >
> >I'll look around/ ask around to see if I can track down 7.2 
> isos.  If I'm
> >able I'll try to make them available for you.
> >
> >Good luck.
> >
> >Andy
> >
> >
> >
> >George Gallen wrote:
> >
> >  
> >
> >>ok.
> >>
> >>I have a backup tape of the 7.2 system.
> >>
> >>last night I tried doing an install of 8.0, then went into 
> single user
> >>and
> >>did a full restore from tape of / (which kind of co-mingled 8.0 with
> >>the 7.2)
> >>
> >>Did a reboot, the 8.0 boot choices came up, and it hung during
> >>initialization.
> >>
> >>How would one do a restore, if you don't have the 7.2 CD's anymore?
> >>
> >>George
> >>
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