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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 fs. |
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Me personally, dd_rescue - far better than raw dd. |
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Your backup strategy has implications for partitioning Linux. I make |
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backup partitions with the same byte count. But that's over the top for |
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most. They don't need to match exactly for dev bkups. And of course |
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you don't go dev-to-dev all the time, sometimes dev-to-file and |
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file-to-dev. Don't forget the MBR which dd can backup: dd if=/dev/hdX |
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bs=512 count=1 of=MBR.dd |
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Who knows what Linux formats Ghost may or may not support. It's passe |
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even for Windows. They use DOS drivers for everything. That's right |
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16-bit DOS. I am amazed Norton can make money selling stuff like that. |
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Norton may have hosed your fs. |
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For repairs and backup it's better to boot something like www.grml.org |
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live CD with lots of good admin tools and fs support. You can run ext3 |
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repairs from that. Man e2fsck or whatnot. |
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http://www.fastmail.fm - The way an email service should be |
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