Steven Ames schrieb:
>
> > > Don't use tar. It loses devices, can't handle holey files well and a
> > > number of other minor clitches. Use dump instead.
>
> Hrm... what about 'rsync'? Does it suffer from the same problems as 'tar'?
> I use rsync a lot because its incremental. This is off topic from migrating
> to
> a new disk, but I am curious...
rsync won't handle holey files at all. Think about the space you're
wasting. Stay with dump, or peruse dd.
HTH
-Christoph Sold
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