Re: [gentoo-user] backing up a partition

2018-08-24 Thread Bill Kenworthy
On 24/08/18 20:53, Rich Freeman wrote: > On Fri, Aug 24, 2018 at 6:09 AM Mick wrote: >> However, you may prefer to use clonezilla instead of dd. The dd command will >> copy each and every bit and byte of the partition whether it has data on it >> or >> not. It is not particularly efficient.

Re: [gentoo-user] /boot filesystem, SSDs, TRIM

2018-08-24 Thread malloc1337
Thus spoke Adam Carter (adamcart...@gmail.com): > For a long time people recommended ext2 for /boot. The Gentoo wiki still > does. Is there any compelling reason to use ext2 for /boot (on a system > whose other filesystems are ext4) these days? AFAIK for systems that have > /boot on an SSD, ext4

Re: [gentoo-user] backing up a partition

2018-08-24 Thread Rich Freeman
On Fri, Aug 24, 2018 at 6:09 AM Mick wrote: > > However, you may prefer to use clonezilla instead of dd. The dd command will > copy each and every bit and byte of the partition whether it has data on it or > not. It is not particularly efficient. Clonezilla will perform better at > this task.

Re: [gentoo-user] backing up a partition

2018-08-24 Thread Mick
On Friday, 24 August 2018 09:32:23 BST Philip Webb wrote: > I want to make a copy of a partition which I can use to replace it, > if some catastrophe damages the partition or wipes it out ; > it needs to be byte-byte identical, incl all permissions. You are looking to clone a partition. This is

Re: [gentoo-user] backing up a partition

2018-08-24 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Fri, 24 Aug 2018 04:32:23 -0400, Philip Webb wrote: > I want to make a copy of a partition which I can use to replace it, > if some catastrophe damages the partition or wipes it out ; > it needs to be byte-byte identical, incl all permissions. > > Can I use 'dd' ? -- eg 'dd if=/mnt/xxx

Re: [gentoo-user] backing up a partition

2018-08-24 Thread Bas Zoutendijk
Dear Philip, On Fri 24 Aug 2018 at 04:32:23 -0400, Philip Webb wrote: > I want to make a copy of a partition which I can use to replace it, > if some catastrophe damages the partition or wipes it out ; > it needs to be byte-byte identical, incl all permissions. > > Can I use 'dd' ? -- eg 'dd

[gentoo-user] backing up a partition

2018-08-24 Thread Philip Webb
I want to make a copy of a partition which I can use to replace it, if some catastrophe damages the partition or wipes it out ; it needs to be byte-byte identical, incl all permissions. Can I use 'dd' ? -- eg 'dd if=/mnt/xxx of=/mnt/yyy', where the partition has been mounted at /mnt/xxx & a USB