On Wed, 23 Apr 2014 16:13:13 Craig Sanders wrote: > dd would perform an exact byte-by-byte duplicate of the *entire* disk > *every* single time you performed the backup. rsync only backs up the > files that have changed since the last backup.
One thing that DD is good for is the boot loader. For a machine with a single disk I make /boot the first partition on the disk and make it a primary partition. Then I use dd to backup the MBR and first partition. On a restore I use dd to copy that to the new disk and then run fdisk to fix the size of the other partitions before restoring a rsync backup and editing GRUB config files. There are CD/USB boot images that can be used to reinstall GRUB, but I find that a PITA when I can just use a USB drive caddy to dd a /boot image. -- My Main Blog http://etbe.coker.com.au/ My Documents Blog http://doc.coker.com.au/ _______________________________________________ luv-main mailing list [email protected] http://lists.luv.asn.au/listinfo/luv-main
