Re: Restoring Old System

Oh.  I misunderstood.  The issue comes up after the restore?

If you don't get a direct answer to the question, I would try an  
approach to identify what has been overwritten...either from the  
restore process or writing a script to compare files before and after.

Another option might be to do a complete restore on another drive or  
boot from floppy or CD if you can get the restore program on some  
external media.



--ron
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On Mar 27, 2008, at 5:20 PM, Al Sparks wrote:

> By exclude, I didn't restore anything in those directories.
>
> I didn't overwrite anything in the /etc directory (which includes
> /etc/X11) or the /boot directory (where the kernels reside).
>    === Al
>
> > From: McCarty Ronald <mccarty@yournetguard.com>
> > To: Getting started with Red Hat Linux
<redhat-install-list@redhat.com 
> >
> > Sent: Thursday, March 27, 2008 1:45:18 PM
> > Subject: Re: Restoring Old System
> >
> > Al,
> >
> > I'm actually wondering if you aren't getting something that you need
> > by the exclude?  I'm thinking some configuration was done to the
> > X-Windows that has since been forgotten.
> >
> > I would focus in on keeping the /etc/X11 directory (although I'm not
> > heavy into X windows...usually just install and take the  
> defaults...)
> >
> > --ron
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On Mar 27, 2008, at 3:56 PM, Al Sparks wrote:
> >> I'm trying to restore an older system from bare metal.
> >>
> >> So what I do is install RHEL, install the backup client  
> (netvault), and proceed to restore, but exclude /etc and /boot from  
> the restore.
> >>
> >> After the restore, I can't get a X-Windows display.
> >>
> >> What else should I exclude from the restore?
> >>   === Al
>