On 10/31/07, Vince Teachout <teachv At taconic .D.OT net> wrote:
> In the meantime, I was going to use Linux DD to image, but noticed you
> mentioned PartImage. Any particular reason, or just experience?
1. Compression: rather than copying 1 Gb of zeros to 1 Gb of backup
disk, it compresses the image and splits it across (adjustable) 2 Gb
blocks (for backup onto FAT32 external drives).
2. Ease of use: simple curses-driven (graphics in character mode)
format with sensible defaults.
I've done this a couple of times, moving partitions onto replacement
HDDs, or moving a physical volume into a VM, and it's quick and
simple. And it's got a progress bar to entertain you, too.
Lessons learned: remember to back up the MBR separately, plan to
allocate as much space for restoring (the entire partition size, not
just the amount of space used) -- resizing is a separate task.
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