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From: Michael Jones <gentoo@×××××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] backing up a partition
Date: Fri, 31 Aug 2018 02:48:04
Message-Id: CABfmKSLSS9utDzwvDRiKxu20KRHoiW=7G2=sad-ty0ZMXRFFTA@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] backing up a partition by Philip Webb
1 try fsarchiver
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3 On Thu, Aug 30, 2018 at 11:53 AM, Philip Webb <purslow@××××××××.net> wrote:
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5 > 180825 Philip Webb wrote:
6 > > Thanks for the replies :
7 > > it looks as if 'tar' mb adequate, but I'll think re it & make a test.
8 >
9 > I used 'tar -a' to copy the contents of the partition to a USB stick,
10 > then copied them back to another partition, updated Lilo
11 > & it booted successfully into the new partition, which works the same.
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Re: [gentoo-user] backing up a partition Jacques Montier <jmontier@×××××.com>