> > *bmaptools is faster then dd. ;)*
heh, honestly man, do you sleep at all ? I tried reading up on bmaptools back when you first mentioned it, and I guess started using it. And . . . I do not know. I love to play with new stuff, but sometimes I guess I just give up, and stick to what I know :( On Sat, Oct 31, 2015 at 5:45 PM, William Hermans <[email protected]> wrote: > *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, >> >> -- >> For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "BeagleBoard" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > -- For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "BeagleBoard" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
