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VK7AX > LINHAM 30.12.07 23:12l 29 Lines 895 Bytes #999 (0) @ VKNET
BID : VK7AX-1112DS
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Subj: Re: Cloning Hard drives"
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To : LINHAM@VKNET
From: "Robin Gilks" <g8ecj@gilks.org>
Date: Mon, 10 Dec 2007 11:06:39 +1300 (NZDT)
To: "Doug" <appld@sasktel.net>
CC: linux-hams@vger.kernel.org
> > Is there a way to clone or ghost a Linux hard drive??
> >
> > Doug VE5DA
> >
I'd recommend dar - like tar but designed from scratch to back up to disk
(CD or DVD) rather than tape. It allows directories to be easily excluded
(eg. /proc and /sys) and there are GUIs available such as kdar for KDE.
The archives created can be compressed with gzip or bzip2 to save space
(but it takes a LOT longer to so the backup then). It, like tar, maintains
soft/hard links, ownership and permissions.
I usually use the command line for backup but if I only want to restore a
couple of files then kdar allows me to pull whatever files I like from the
archive without all the rest.
-- Robin Gilks -
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