I have heard that there is a way to tar all files on the server and then restore it on another. Could someone tell me how to accomplish that on a Linux server using telnet? Maybe someone could point me to an online guide? Any help is appreciated.

There is much more to it but the basic commands for tar are:

bash$ tar czf server.tar.gz /directoryToBackup

to restore:

bash$ tar zxvfp server.tar.gz


But be very very carefull.

For more info on tar just type :

bash$ man tar

bad part is if your file system is ext2, the file can only be 2 gigs max :(

i hate that.