On Jan 8, 3:50 pm, Dan <[email protected]> wrote: > At 1:37 PM -0700 1/8/2009, nestamicky wrote: > > >do size of the partition on the machine and that on the external > >drive have to be the exact same? > > As long as you're doing a file-based (not block level) clone, the > destination volume needs to be only big enough to hold the data on > the source. > > Bigger is better, of course, so you can let the incrementals > accumulate in the _CCC folders for quite a while. (the more ancient > time machine effect).
And, as Dan explained to another poster in another thread, you get file-based clones by using the "Incremental backup" option. CCC documentation is not explicitly clear about that. Al Poulin --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
