A questiong about replacing my failing drive

[rodrigob at suespammers.org (Rodrigo Barbosa)]

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On Sat, Jun 11, 2005 at 04:48:57PM -0400, Mark Weaver wrote:
> >I would like to suggest using dump/restore to make the backup.
> >
> >Something like:
> >
> >mount /dev/hdb1 /newroot
> >dump -0f - / | (cd /newroot; restore -xf -)
> >
> >[]s
> 
> why not just use Norton Ghost and ghost an image of the current drive to 
> a new drive, boot with the CentOS rescue CD, reinstall grub and you're 
> done! definitely the easiest way I can think of.

Possible reasons:
1) Not everyone has it
2) Not everyone has Windows
3) Not everyone is willing to pay for Ghost
4) Not everyone is willing to pay for Windows
5) Norton Ghost is not F/OSS
6) Everyone who has CentOS already has dump/restore, cpio, tar and cp

There real question becomes, then, why to use ghost (for this).

[]s

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Rodrigo Barbosa <rodrigob@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
"Quid quid Latine dictum sit, altum viditur"
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