On Friday 10 November 2006 03:18, Robert Temple wrote: ...snip... > I've looked into various disk copy & backup programs and the consensus is > rsync is the tool I need. But all the instructions I've read are how to > copy specific directories and/or do incremental backups, not on mirroring a > complete drive. > > Can anyone help? > > Thanks!
Hi Robert, I think you will be better off using a tool such as "dd" which will do a copy of the disk rather than the files. I'd have a look at the dd man page and see if it does what you are looking for. I used it to take a disk image of a failing disk over my lan. Worked great. Regards, -Ed PS: Rsync users, if you think I am wrong, please let me know... knowledge is power. ;) -- To unsubscribe or change options: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, read: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
