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List:       opensuse
Subject:    Re: [opensuse]  Re: Backup of NTFS file systems with Linux
From:       Rikard Johnels <rikard.j () rikjoh ! com>
Date:       2009-06-14 0:21:43
Message-ID: 200906140221.48257.rikard.j () rikjoh ! com
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On Sunday 14 June 2009 01:06, Jim Henderson wrote:
> On Sat, 13 Jun 2009 22:13:54 +0200, Malte Gell wrote:
> > My idea was to create a ntfs file system on an external USB harddrive
> > and make a backup of my Vista installation with the tar command. Would
> > be faster that using dd which also clones empty space.
>
> This won't make the system recoverable.  First, tar creates a file, so
> the underlying filesystem doesn't matter.  But tar only knows about *nix
> filesystem permissions as well.
>
> Have a look at something like Ghost for Linux (g4l) instead.
>
> Jim
>
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> --
>  Jim Henderson
>  Please keep on-topic replies on the list so everyone benefits

If you have space enough.. use dd to mirror the whole schabang??

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/Rikard Johnels

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