-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 I don't usually reply to my posts, but I forgot to mention that if you want to use tar, but not have it archive file systems other than the / directory, just umount those file systems before starting the tar job. Greg On Wed, Dec 31, 2008 at 08:06:13PM -0700, Gregory Nowak wrote: > Provided that doing the backup while not booted into the system you > want to back up isn't an issue for you, I'd say partition image fits > all the criteria you specified nicely. http://www.partimage.org > > Greg > > - -- web site: http://www.romuald.net.eu.org gpg public key: http://www.romuald.net.eu.org/pubkey.asc skype: gregn1 (authorization required, add me to your contacts list first) - -- Free domains: http://www.eu.org/ or mail dns-manager at EU.org -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAklcM+oACgkQ7s9z/XlyUyDvGACfbIcyvT40WWswaD2JC3A7SOTE TSsAoM71tVs3IvRaWg2EybSoI30+wOcK =8vJo -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----