How to backup whole linux system?

frieza · 06-26-2013, 09:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Angela Wu

Did you means the grub.cfg should be modified?

no i meant to edit it at the grub command line, when booting. the grub.cfg should only be changed if you get it to work.

Angela Wu · 06-26-2013, 09:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by frieza

no i meant to edit it at the grub command line, when booting. the grub.cfg should only be changed if you get it to work.

Hi, then what command should I put into the grub command line.
Could you suggest some Ex.?
Thanks~~

frieza · 06-26-2013, 10:17 PM

the line would look sort of like this

Code:

linux	/boot/vmlinuz-3.8.7-201.fc18.x86_64 root=UUID=4ebe0939-5dba-4f1b-9fb0-dc8223eb7d28 ro quiet

and you would (temporarily) change it to something like

Code:

linux	/boot/vmlinuz-3.8.7-201.fc18.x86_64 root=/dev/sda1 ro quiet

where sda1 is replaced with the root partition (sda1 is the first partition on the first drive in the chain)

and see if that works

(note yours will differ as mine is a fedora system, i believe you indicated yours was ubuntu)

Angela Wu · 06-27-2013, 01:17 AM

Hi~
I used the .config of kernel 3.5.0-27-generic.
and then do the following coding

Code:

export DEB_HOST_ARCH=i386 
make oldconfig
make menuconfig
fakeroot make-kpkg clean
fakeroot make-kpkg --arch i386 --append-to-version="-vtc1000" --revision="1.0" --initrd kernel-image kernel-headers modules-image

It took about 2.5 hours to compile, got 2 *.deb file.

Code:

sudo dpkg -i linux*
sudo reboot

And I got black data on the screen.
It seems that

Code:

make oldconfig

didn't success.

evo2 · 06-27-2013, 01:24 AM

Hi,

I'm not sure what to suggest. It might be worth trying to install and run the 3.5.0-27-generic kernel just to see if that works. Also, it is very curious that you want to use the 3.6.11 kernel which is not maintained. Is it really not possible to do what you want to do on a stable supported kernel?

Evo2.

Angela Wu · 06-27-2013, 01:33 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by evo2

Hi,

I'm not sure what to suggest. It might be worth trying to install and run the 3.5.0-27-generic kernel just to see if that works. Also, it is very curious that you want to use the 3.6.11 kernel which is not maintained. Is it really not possible to do what you want to do on a stable supported kernel?

Evo2.

OK. I will try to install and run the 3.5.0-27-generic kernel . At the meantime, I was compiling the kernel soucre of 3.0.29 which
is default on my Ubuntu 12.04. I got to compile it myself.

Angela Wu · 06-27-2013, 01:35 AM

as above

Angela Wu · 06-27-2013, 02:38 AM

Hi:
I can't get the souce code for 3.2.0.29-generic & 3.5.0-27-generic??
The other,Since that you recommand 3.5.0-27 kernel version.
Could I ask suggestion for the hightest stable kernel version is ???

evo2 · 06-27-2013, 02:57 AM

Hi,

Quote:

Originally Posted by Angela Wu

Hi:
I can't get the souce code for 3.2.0.29-generic & 3.5.0-27-generic??

Hmm, you should be able to get them from the Ubuntu repositories. Do you know about setting up your /etc/apt/sources.list file? If not you need to. You'll need to add the quantal-updates for the 3.5 kernel.

Quote:

The other,Since that you recommand 3.5.0-27 kernel version.

I recommended that since it was the newest kernel for your distribution.

Quote:

Could I ask suggestion for the hightest stable kernel version is ???

It depends if you are talking about upstream, ie www.kernel.org or if you are talking about your distribution ie packages.ubuntu.org. If you plan to continue using Ubuntu 12.04 I still recommend using the packaged linux-image-3.5.0-27-generic.

Evo2.

Angela Wu · 06-27-2013, 03:13 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by evo2

Hi,

Hmm, you should be able to get them from the Ubuntu repositories. Do you know about setting up your /etc/apt/sources.list file? If not you need to. You'll need to add the quantal-updates for the 3.5 kernel.

Quote:

I have no ideas about add the quantal-updates for the 3.5 kernel,What is that?

Quote:

It depends if you are talking about upstream, ie www.kernel.org or if you are talking about your distribution ie packages.ubuntu.org. If you plan to continue using Ubuntu 12.04 I still recommend using the packaged linux-image-3.5.0-27-generic.

Evo2.

Then what do you recommand for the Ubuntu version for the newest stable version??

evo2 · 06-27-2013, 03:18 AM

Hi,

Quote:

Originally Posted by Angela Wu

Then what do you recommand for the Ubuntu version for the newest stable version??

It depends on the required lifetime. 12.04 is the most recent so called LTS (long term service) version of Ubuntu and will be supported for five years: until April 2017. Versions 12.10 and 13.04 also exist, but are only supported for less than a year (I think).

From what I can tell you are making some sort of self contained appliance, as such, if you want to use Ubuntu, I recommend you continue to use 12.04.

Evo2.

Angela Wu · 06-27-2013, 03:25 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by evo2

Hi,

It depends on the required lifetime. 12.04 is the most recent so called LTS (long term service) version of Ubuntu and will be supported for five years: until April 2017. Versions 12.10 and 13.04 also exist, but are only supported for less than a year (I think).

From what I can tell you are making some sort of self contained appliance, as such, if you want to use Ubuntu, I recommend you continue to use 12.04.

Evo2.

OK. Since that I think I may stick on Ubuntu 12.04~~~
As your suggestion!!

Angela Wu · 06-27-2013, 09:06 PM

Code:

wget http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/l/linux/linux-image-3.5.0-27-generic_3.5.0-27.46_i386.deb
ar x linux-image-3.5.0-27-generic_3.5.0-27.46_i386.deb

But the following with error

Code:

tar xjf data.tar.bz2  boot/config-3.5.0-27-generic

So I ommited the above code.
And do

Code:

sudo dkpg -i linux*.deb

And

Code:

sudo reboot

After reboot, I got the log in screen, but with mouse & keyboard not work??
How can I fix this problem?

evo2 · 06-27-2013, 09:30 PM

Hi,

Quote:

Originally Posted by Angela Wu

Code:

wget http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/l/linux/linux-image-3.5.0-27-generic_3.5.0-27.46_i386.deb
ar x linux-image-3.5.0-27-generic_3.5.0-27.46_i386.deb

But the following with error

Code:

tar xjf data.tar.bz2  boot/config-3.5.0-27-generic

So I ommited the above code.

Yes, you already have the linux-image... no need to try to compile it.

Quote:

And do

Code:

sudo dkpg -i linux*.deb

And

Code:

sudo reboot

After reboot, I got the log in screen, but with mouse & keyboard not work??
How can I fix this problem?

You'll need to look at the log files and error messages to understand the problem. ssh to the machine and have a look in /var/log/. Check syslog, messages, kern.log etc.

Evo2

Angela Wu · 06-27-2013, 10:28 PM

syslog

Quote:

Jun 28 09:47:47 angela-desktop rsyslogd: rsyslogd's userid changed to 101
Jun 28 09:47:47 angela-desktop rsyslogd-2039: Could not open output pipe '/dev/xconsole' [try http://www.rsyslog.com/e/2039 ]

Quote:

Jun 28 09:47:47 angela-desktop kernel: [ 0.172752] PCI: not using MMCONFIG

Quote:

Jun 28 09:47:47 angela-desktop bluetoothd[512]: Failed to init gatt_example plugin

...etc

syslog1.log

syslog2.log