Unix administration - How to boot from a backup disk on Linux

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How to boot from a backup disk on Linux

jingchenzhou@yahoo.com

2005-10-10, 2:57 am

Hi,

I have created a system disk mirroring with dd command on Linux for
backup purpose. Anyone knows how to boot from this backup disk?

Thanks,
Jingchen

Bit Twister

2005-10-10, 2:57 am

On 9 Oct 2005 20:27:19 -0700, jingchenzhou@yahoo.com wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have created a system disk mirroring with dd command on Linux for
> backup purpose. Anyone knows how to boot from this backup disk?

I would assume all you would have to do is strap the disk to the
original disk's settings, tell the bios about the new settings and
boot.