>>>>> Scott Ferguson <[email protected]> writes:
[…]
> Full backups:-
> dd if=/dev/deb_usb | gzip -1 -c > ./deb_usb.img.gz
> Full restores:-
> zcat ./deb_usb.img.gz | dd of=/dev/deb_usb
My e2dis suite, which I hopeful to release soon, will probably
be a better fit for such image-level backups. Namely, it'd
allow one to identify the free blocks on an Ext2+ FS and only
copy the rest.
https://gitorious.org/e2dis
> rsync on a daily basis.
I'd second that using rsync(1) instead of cp(1) when copying to
flash media is a good idea, as it reduces both wear and the time
necessary to make a copy.
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