Re: backup a whole disk?

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On Tue, Oct 28, 2003 at 04:35:11PM -0500, Wade Chandler wrote:
> The biggest problem with something like dd is that the disk you put the
> file back onto needs to be the same type of disk.  Pretty much exactly
> alike.  Size will matter.  So will other little things.  Best to find a
> different solution.  I believe there is a Ghost for Linux.  There are
> other applications, but I don't have any of them.  I thought I would
> write and clarify that not to leave you thinking your were going to be
> able to get any disk later on.

Nice backup/restore solutions would help in the long run but dd is 
enough for now. I do this only to restore the disk when resize fails.

Thank you very much for the help. I will look for ghost under linux or 
similar applications. I believe, as always, there is an open source 
alternative too.

-- 
Bo Peng


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