Hi! I am using LVM partitions on a Debian Xen system. I use LVM snapshots to clone and backup my virtual machines. I have noticed that the ISO file created with the "dd" command it much bigger that the partition used space (actually 4.7GB for the ISO - 500MB used space). No problem if I mount the LVM snapshot and "tar" all of the data. I have googled the question and read that "dd" also copy "not used space". Why is the ISO file so big ? Is the "tar" method less safe ? Is there a better solution ? Thanks for your answers. Regards, Thomas _______________________________________________ linux-lvm mailing list linux-lvm@redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-lvm read the LVM HOW-TO at http://tldp.org/HOWTO/LVM-HOWTO/
