What backup software?

Robert Holtzman holtzm at cox.net
Mon Aug 11 16:42:23 UTC 2008


On Mon, 11 Aug 2008, Bart Silverstrim wrote:

> I use partimage, which I think uses DD in the background for part of the
> process. Plus it compresses the image, while dd won't unless you pipe
> through a compressor.

I looked at the partimage docs and they talk about supporting ext2 file 
systems. Does anyone know if thry support ext3?

The docs also say they won't restore correctly to a smaller 
disk/partition. I assume that doesn't matter if you're restoring to the 
same disk the backup was made from. True?

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