An image copy is taken at a level closer to the hardware than
the filesystem is. The data files are copied into the image still firmly
embedded into the filesystem, along with all its metadata.
Thanks very much for that illuminating description. I have to go
deeper. I did find this link:
Charles Kroeger wrote:
My question was since this backup is on an ext3 formatted USB stick, if my hard
drive was reformatted with ext4, could the backup [image] on the USB stick be
'copied' back to the new ext4 partition, without problems, as it were.
If that software is filesystem agnostic,
On 11/07/10 04:18, Charles Kroeger wrote:
Are you saying you took a copy of the partition using something like dd
if=/dev/sdXy of=/mnt/removeable-media/a-file-on this-media or did you
just copy the files?
Thanks for your interesting suggestions; however, they reflect a considerable
knowledge.
It looks as if the point you're missing is the nature of an image.
Thanks for your reply. I was aware of the nature of an image, that's what I
like about them. If your HD blows up or your computer is stolen just restore the
image to the new hardware a chasteningly but wiser user perhaps but not
On 11/07/10 19:55, Charles Kroeger wrote:
It looks as if the point you're missing is the nature of an image.
Thanks for your reply. I was aware of the nature of an image, that's what I
like about them. If your HD blows up or your computer is stolen just restore the
image to the new hardware a
There's a hell lot of confusion about ext4
If you had an image of a partition that used the ext3 file system and tried
to install this image unto a freshly partitioned hard drive with an ext4 file
system, would the image be destroyed or corrupted?
thanks,
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Charles Kroeger wrote:
If you had an image of a partition that used the ext3 file system and tried
to install this image unto a freshly partitioned hard drive with an ext4 file
system, would the image be destroyed or corrupted?
I'm sorry I really don't understand, please define what you mean
I'm sorry I really don't understand, please define what you mean by
installing the image.
Like I have an image of the data in a partition recorded on removable media.
The source of this data [hard drive] and the removable media containing the copy
[image] of this data both reside on an ext3
On 10/07/10 22:28, Charles Kroeger wrote:
I'm sorry I really don't understand, please define what you mean by
installing the image.
Like I have an image of the data in a partition recorded on removable media.
The source of this data [hard drive] and the removable media containing the copy
On 10/07/10 00:36, Zachary Uram wrote:
I just got a 500gb Hitachi hard drive (this is my second drive, my
first drive is /dev/sda).
What is the best way to install this in Linux? Is it better to run ext3 or ext4?
Zach
http://www.fidei.org
Assuming you already have a fully working system
Are you saying you took a copy of the partition using something like dd
if=/dev/sdXy of=/mnt/removeable-media/a-file-on this-media or did you
just copy the files?
Thanks for your interesting suggestions; however, they reflect a considerable
knowledge. In my case, I'm using a proprietary
I just got a 500gb Hitachi hard drive (this is my second drive, my
first drive is /dev/sda).
What is the best way to install this in Linux? Is it better to run ext3 or ext4?
Zach
http://www.fidei.org
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On Sat, Jul 10, 2010 at 05:06, Zachary Uram net...@gmail.com wrote:
I just got a 500gb Hitachi hard drive (this is my second drive, my
first drive is /dev/sda).
What is the best way to install this in Linux? Is it better to run ext3 or
ext4?
Zach
http://www.fidei.org
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Just plug it in and format it. If it's not supposed to be bootable and you
only plan to format one block device on it (a filesystem, a physical volume,
an encrypted volume, ...), you don't have to partition it (I usually don't)
although some software *might* get confused by disks without
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