Anssi Saari <anssi.sa...@debian-user.mail.kapsi.fi> wrote: > Eben King <e...@gmx.us> writes: > > > Normally I hibernate, and while it's hibernated, boot off a thumb drive > > and back up (either by partition or the whole drive) to a dedicated > > drive. The idea is if my main drive takes a dump, I could replace it > > with the backup drive, boot, and be on my merry way. After the backup > > has completed, I resume and it's right where I left off. > > So you actually back up the hibernated / partition? Is that really a > sound backup strategy? Seems risky to me but if it works I guess it's > fine.
With modern systems booting so fast I wonder why anyone bothers with hibernate or sleep. -- Chris Green ·
