[NMLUG] How to restore rsync backup?

[admin at sarangworld.com (SARANG WORLD)]

Thanks to everyone who's helping.

I've now installed grub on the new drive, but realized I never backed
up /boot on my original system. Luckily, I do backup the output of "ls
-laR /" nightly, and it tells me what files /boot should have.

Judging from the below, I just need the /boot directory from a default
RH7.3 install. Where can I get this? Can anyone send me a copy?

/boot:
total 4475
lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root           19 Feb 11  2003 System.map ->
System.ma\
p
-2.4.18-3
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root       465966 Apr 18  2002 System.map-2.4.18-3
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root         5824 Jun 24  2001 boot.b
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root          612 Jun 24  2001 chain.b
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root        39947 Apr 18  2002 config-2.4.18-3
drwxr-xr-x    2 root     root         1024 Feb 11  2003 grub
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root       121784 Feb 11  2003 initrd-2.4.18-3.img
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root          473 Feb 11  2003 kernel.h
drwx------    2 root     root        12288 Feb 11  2003 lost+found
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root        23108 Jun 24  2001 message
lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root           20 Feb 11  2003 module-info ->
module-i\
n
fo-2.4.18-3
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root        14431 Apr 18  2002 module-info-2.4.18-3
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root          640 Jun 24  2001 os2_d.b
-rwxr-xr-x    1 root     root      2835238 Apr 18  2002 vmlinux-2.4.18-3
lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root           16 Feb 11  2003 vmlinuz ->
vmlinuz-2.4.\
1
8-3
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root      1030147 Apr 18  2002 vmlinuz-2.4.18-3

/boot/grub:
total 254
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root           82 Feb 11  2003 device.map
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root        10880 Feb 11  2003 e2fs_stage1_5
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root         9808 Feb 11  2003 fat_stage1_5
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root         8896 Feb 11  2003 ffs_stage1_5
-rw-------    1 root     root          556 Feb 11  2003 grub.conf
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root        11104 Feb 11  2003 jfs_stage1_5
lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root           11 Feb 11  2003 menu.lst ->
./grub.conf
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root         9280 Feb 11  2003 minix_stage1_5
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root        12576 Feb 11  2003 reiserfs_stage1_5
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root        33585 Apr  9  2002 splash.xpm.gz
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root          512 Feb 11  2003 stage1
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root       131008 Feb 11  2003 stage2
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root         8544 Feb 11  2003 vstafs_stage1_5
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root        12744 Feb 11  2003 xfs_stage1_5

/boot/lost+found:
total 0

To answer some of the other questions:

 % I actually backup using "rsync -pgDxvvtrlo" as root, so my symlinks
 are fine.

 % The drive spins up, but makes a clicking sound after doing so. I've
 heard data recovery is expensive, even more so when there's a
 hardware issue.

 % I think grub is smart enough to understand ext3fs (no?), and will
 actually recognize /boot/vmlinuz once I actually get this file.

 % My customizations extend to libraries and binaries, so restoring
 the data is sadly insufficient.


On Mon, Sep 21, 2009 at 6:44 PM, SARANG WORLD <admin at sarangworld.com> wrote:

> My hard drive died yesterday, and I bought a replacement (actually, a
> new machine with a new HD).
>
>
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