Peter Bachman on 17 Nov 2009 07:50:57 -0800


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Re: disk backup in linux


Thanks, good tip,  I will try it on a few files and see how it works.
Everything is connected to the same laptop right now, old 80g,
current 320g, and backup drive.

-pb


On 11/17/2009 10:41 AM, Robert Haas wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 10:34 AM, Peter Bachman <peterb@cequs.com> wrote:
>   
>> I have to exchange a failing laptop computer that originally had an
>> 80gig HD in it. The old 80 g drive has data on it, and  is mountable on
>> ext3 since I put it in a usb case.
>>
>> The 320 G drive that I'm currently using is in the computer I'm
>> returning, but will eventually  go in the new computer, which I just
>> got, (but that has it's own 150 g drive). I also have a backup drive
>> which is standalone.
>>
>> What's the best way to go about this, the data is archival and I was
>> going to store it on the backup drive. Should I just copy it, or DD, or
>> try to clone it?
>>     
> rsync -avz?
>
> ...Robert
>
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