$ ftp unappel.ch Connected to unappel.ch. 220 anaconda05 Ready. Name (unappel.ch:Emin.Gabrielyan): unappel 331 Password required for unappel Password: 230 User unappel logged in. Remote system type is UNIX. Using binary mode to transfer files. ftp> cd htdocs/2/company/100822-g4l-pb/ 250 CWD command successful ftp> dir 200 PORT command successful 150 Opening ASCII mode data connection for file list drwxr-xr-x 2 unappel ftpuser 4096 Aug 22 17:47 . drwxr-xr-x 5 unappel ftpuser 4096 Aug 22 17:53 .. 226 Transfer complete ftp> quit 221 Goodbye. --- http://sourceforge.net/projects/g4l/ --- memo1: (100822) at the boot, use the built suggested by default launch the step-by-step interface: g4l find out the IP address of the FTP server: 212.203.66.71 assign an IP to your machine: 212.147.8.106 use [special commands] for: bash check the routing (route -n) add default route (route add default gw 212.147.8.105) check the default route (route -n) to see destination=0.0.0.0 and genmask=0.0.0.0 ping an IP address that replies (example google: 74.125.39.99) as soon the routing is fixed, your G4L server will become pingable from outside choose the compression method: Lzop provide the filename: billing1 provide the folder on the ftp server: htdocs/2/company/100822-g4l-pb/ backup drive partition to FTP server: check the entire Disk [*] 488353816 Disk [ ] 104391 Linux [ ] 488247480 Linux LVM memo2: (100823.1229) at the boot, select the default built: bz34.1 386 build 2.6.34.1 Released 07-05-2010 accept the conditions: proceed until the bash prompt: -bash-3.2# type: g4l RAW Mode: ANY file system, every bit, local+ftp+cifs(smb)+sshfs+nfs File Mode: Some filesystems only, only files, local+special server choose: Raw mode choose: Network use; backup/restore to/from network (FTP, UDPCAST) Set IP Address: 212.147.8.110 Special commands: route add default gw 212.147.8.105 (the G4L computer becomes pingabale from the outside) Config FTP: FTP server IP (212.203.66.71) Path to Image directory: Default directory (htdocs/2/company/100822-g4l-pb/) sda 488'386'584 DISK sda1 104'391 Linux sda2 488'279'610 LinuxLVM choose: DISK