Section 11.3. Assumptions


11.3. Assumptions

The following sections provide procedures for each of the four methods we've discussed: alt-boot full image, alt-boot partition image, alt-boot filesystem, and live. The procedures are based on a few assumptions, which are explained here:


We assume DHCP is available

We assume for our examples that your environment has a DHCP server supplying IP addresses so that you do not need to choose an IP address and configure the interface each time you boot into Knoppix. If DHCP is not available, you need to manually configure your IP address. To do this, run the following commands:

$ su - # ifconfig eth0 ipaddress up # route add default gw ipaddress-of-gateway

You then need to use IP addresses to communicate with other machines, or enter a valid IP address of a DNS server into the /etc/resolv.conf file (in the form of nameserver ipaddress-of-dns-server.)


We assume you're using NFS

We assume for our examples that you have an NFS server in your environment with sufficient space to store the data on your server. If you'd like to back up your data to a Windows share instead, you can use this command:

# mount -t smbfs -o username=administrator,password=PASSWORD //servername/share /backups




Backup & Recovery
Backup & Recovery: Inexpensive Backup Solutions for Open Systems
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Year: 2006
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