rsync is bad

[Karl Larsen]

Bart Silverstrim wrote:
> Karl Larsen wrote:
>   
>>     I hoped that rsync would result in a copy of the original but fails 
>> to do so. It seems to do something to GTK+ which no-one including me, 
>> has the first clue how to fix. I have had no luck with rsync so will 
>> stop using it.
>>
>>     So I will back off to dd which I know works just fine. That will be 
>> my next way to copy this Ubuntu 7.10 to another partition. Forget rsync 
>> it has bad problems.
>>     
>
> Um...what exactly did you *do* with rsync at the command line that it 
> didn't work?
>
>   
    I used this bash file to transfer the original to a USB hard drive:
karl at karl-desktop:~$ cat /root/bin/backup
# This file is designed to backup my Ubuntu to the USB Hard Drive using 
rsync
# Karl Larsen, 26 Feb 08
rsync -av /boot /media/disk/
rsync -av /bin  /media/disk/
rsync -av /dev  /media/disk/
rsync -av /etc  /media/disk/
rsync -av /lib  /media/disk/
rsync -av /opt  /media/disk/
rsync -av /root /media/disk/
rsync -av /sbin /media/disk/
rsync -av /tmp /media/disk/
rsync -av /usr /media/disk/
rsync -av /var /media/disk/
rsync -av /initrd /media/disk/
karl at karl-desktop:~$

Then I used this to to copy from the USB hard drive to /dev/hda7 at the 
command line:

$ sudo rsync -av /usr /mnt

The /mnt is on the LiveCD and that is where I mounted /dev/hda7.

It worked fine with zero errors.

But when I used the backup on /dev/hda7 it errors out with a GDK+ problem.

Karl


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