>
> *rsync is great when we're doing incremental updates, but not so much when
> you just need a block copy.*
>

true enough, but do you honestly need to do more than backup the rootfs
most of the time ? Also, for backing up the "MBR", copying the first Meg of
the raw block device is all that is needed. Actually more than what is
needed but . . .

On Sat, Oct 31, 2015 at 5:01 PM, Robert Nelson <[email protected]>
wrote:

>
> On Oct 31, 2015 6:52 PM, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> > I've found if there are block devices involved, nothing beats dd in
> terms of speed, if you're within the domain that contains both devices
> (i.e. BBB has both the eMMC and SD card. Once a network is involved, and in
> my case, a wireless one, it's network bandwidth that determines the speed.
>
> bmaptools is faster then dd. ;)
>
> >
> > rsync is great when we're doing incremental updates, but not so much
> when you just need a block copy.
> >
> > cpio I haven't touched since the 80's ;-)
> >
> > any idea of the location of the images?
>
> http://elinux.org/Beagleboard:BeagleBoneBlack_Debian#2015-07-28
>
> Regards,
>
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