dd problem

[chris]

On Thu, 2010-01-14 at 20:19 -0500, Neil Cherry wrote:

> 
> Karl's (lack of) knowledge could fill volumes.
> 

Agreed. Simple solution to his posting
Blacklist


> This is the statement that broke the camel's back. Karl the wise
> knows all (within his little universe), sees all (as far as he can
> see) and is wise (NOT!).
> 
> Karl you have one tool and think you know everything about
> backups. Tar has been used (and probably still is being used) for
> backup. Rsync is one tool but not the only. Quit being so @#$%^!
> arrogant, you know too little. Your bout with dd seems to bear
> that out.
> 
> I can't wait to see what happens when you need to do a partial
> restore or are you from the Windows world of 'wipe the drive and
> reload'?
> 
> BTW, I use svn to backup my projects and sitecopy/ssh to backup
> my web site.
> 

Well put
Cheers the kiwi (who was using computers back in the 60's and admits he
knows nothing)