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On Sunday 02 March 2008, davecode@××××××××××.net wrote: |
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> "What supports what" is a good reason for non-filesystem backups. For |
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> example partimage has trouble with XFS (still...after all these |
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> years...). A program like dd doesn't care the fs. Call it a device |
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> backup if you like. This is your basic choice in backup - device or |
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> fs. Me personally, dd_rescue - far better than raw dd. |
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The advantage of something like partimage, which knows about the |
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filesystem being backed up, is that it can back up only the used portions |
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of the fs. So eg if you're backing up a 20GB partition of which only 1GB |
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is in use, then using partimage it will be very quick and the resulting |
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image very small. |
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