On Sat, 17 Aug 2019 14:02:36 -0400
Dan Ritter <d...@randomstring.org> wrote:
> Eric Chadbourne wrote:
> >
> > I've been using Kali Linux Light for my daily driver. Works great.
> > However I need to make full disk backups and be able to recover
> > since this is used for work. I'm always screwing with it and if
> > it's broken I'm not getting paid those hours.
> >
> > Any recommendations for something to use for a full disk backup and
> > easy recovery? My first thought was dd or rsync. However
> > Clonezilla looks pretty cool. I remember years back one of their
> > devs being on the BLU email list.
>
> Several options.
>
> 1. dd
> pro: simple, guaranteed to copy all state
> con: guaranteed to read and write all state
Another con: copies everything, even empty space. Needs an even
bigger disk to copy to. Also, not built to handle a disk with
bad spots. ddrescue can do that.
>
> 2. rsync
> pro: reasonably simple, restartable, more efficient than dd
> con: lots of small files make it slow
I use rsync for backup. I back up to a backup server and run the
program on that backup server, so fast or slow doesn't matter
that much. Rsync con: Backs up files, not sectors, so you need
more for bootability on restore.
> 5. buy another machine and stop futzing with your work machine
> pro: work machine remains stable, damage from futzing
> limited to other machine
> con: potentially expensive
Sounds like an excellent idea to me, if you have the space to
accommodate a second computer and monitor. Or put them on KVM
switches. Why hurt your work with experimentation gone wrong. Of
course, on the other hand, I do a lot of experiments on my Daily
Driver Desktop, which handles all my Troubleshooters.Com work.
Do as I say, not as I do. :-)
By the way, the following describes my backup system:
http://troubleshooters.com/lpm/200609/200609.htm
Yeah, I've been using it 13 years now. So far so good.
SteveT
Steve Litt
August 2019 featured book: Twenty Eight Tales of Troubleshooting
http://www.troubleshooters.com/28
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