Do you know of any gpl'ed utility that would keep track of changes in
the filesystem as the imaging takes place (snapshot technology)? Not
really much of a concern when backing up at night on a home computer but
I'd still like to know if there is anything like this for home users or
small systems.
-Robert
Bryan-TheBS-Smith wrote:
>
> "Miller, Matt" wrote:
> > Anyone have any recommendations on *reliable* drive imaging software for
> > Linux (something other than symantec ghost)?
> > My intention is to copy a disk image (consisting of / , /var, & /home ext2
> > partitions) from one physical disk to another.
> > I know ghost can do the trick, but I want to try something Linux based.
>
> Assuming the new drive is installed in the system, partitioned, and
> new filesystems are mounted in /new_drive:
>
> # cd /
> # find . -depth -mount -print | cpio -pmdv /new_drive
> # cd /var
> # find . -depth -mount -print | cpio -pmdv /new_drive/var
> # cd /home
> # find . -depth -mount -print | cpio -pmdv /new_drive/home
>
> -- TheBS
>
> --
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