On Friday 28 September 2001 11:53 pm, Mark Lanett wrote: > From: "Daniel Toffetti" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > <snip> > > Backups in general: > rsync --verbose --archive --delete SRC DST > e.g. rsync ... ~ /backups > > Filesystem-level backups: > /etc/fstab: /dev/hda4 /backups .... > mount /backups > rsync --one-file-system --archive -H --delete / /backups > umount /backups > > Or dd, or tar, or cpio.
What are the benefits of using rsync instead of one of the above? > I don't think you could actually boot off the backup partition in an > emergency, because the lilo map and fstab would be wrong for it. But this > is not a brick wall. > > ~mark
