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[ken <gebser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 07/03/2007 06:15 AM somebody named Per Jessen wrote:
> Anders Norrbring wrote:
> 
>> I usually use dd and ssh to clone disks from one machine to another,
>> but that only works when the target is equally big or larger than the
>> source.
>>
>> Is there any easy way to do it from a 13% filled 60GB disk to a remote
>> disk that's only 16GB?
>>
> 
> As you're really just copying the filesystem, maybe rsync or tar.  I use
> tar'ed filesystem images for installing new machines.
> 
> 
> /Per Jessen, Zürich
> 

The "tar" command isn't good to use for cloning, or even most backups.
It skips so-called "hidden" files, those whose filenames begin with a
period.

Somebody should add in an option to tar so these are included... would
be a major improvement.  This info should at least be included in the
tar manpage.


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