July 2005
Beginner
720 pages
18h 15m
English
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Summary
In this chapter, you gained the final set of administrative tools and skills needed for you to become a safe and happy longtime Linux user. Specifically, you learned the following:
How to back up and restore your important data files using removable disk media and simple copying
How to back up and restore your important data files to magnetic tape or to special backup files using the tar command
How to try to rescue a system that has experienced a catastrophic failure of some sort and no longer boots correctly
How to salvage files from a broken system if you are unable to rescue it
How to recognize other situations in which data salvage and subsequent reinstallation and restoration might be apropos, including situations caused by file system ...