rsync is bad

[Les Mikesell]

Karl Larsen wrote:
>>     Can't do that now Mike. I formatted the partition again for a fresh 
> start. I used a rsync method recommended and will comment on it's 
> workings. I fixed the recommended rsync method and used it to backup 
> this Ubuntu to /dev/hda7 again. The rsync ended with zero errors.
> 
>     Here is the way I used rsync:
> karl at karl-desktop:~$ cat /root/bin/rsync1
> # This file is designed to backup my Ubuntu to the USB Hard Drive using 
> rsync
> # Karl Larsen, 8 june 08
> # rsync -vaHz --exclude '/proc' --exclude '/sys' --exclude '/media' /.
> # /media/disk
> rsync -vaH --exclude '/proc' --exclude 'sys' --exclude 'home' --exclude 
> '/mnt' /. /mnt
> 
> The last line is what I used because I wanted the backup to go direct to 
> /dev/hda7 and it did.
> 
>     Next I went to /mnt/etc/fstab and changed the uuid to the one I made 
> yesterday for /dev/hda7. Then I reboot and came up in the backup. It 
> found the kernel and the splash panel came on and there it stopped.
> 
>     I rest my case. Rsync does not work as a backup because the backup 
> does not work. Period.

No, it just doesn't work when you do it wrong.  Did you create the 
directories you excluded from being copied - with the same 
owner/permissions as the originals?

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   Les Mikesell
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