First off, I'm sick too, and IDK about doing much of anything right now, and possibly not for another week. Only reason I'm posting thisd is cause mister impatient(sethkha) PMed me complaining that I hadn't posted recently.

As far as splitting the home/opt... NO. It's all part of one filesystem, not restoring it all together can cause problems. Heck, you're not even supposed to be restoring different opt/rootfs's!

If -you- want to fork it and modify it... go ahead. But I see no use.

mkfs.ext3... hm, never thought about it like that. I might just add that.

online backup...Not my specialty. Go ahead and make it - I've got plenty to work on, on top of being sick right now.

K. Done.