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[opensuse] Re: Backup of NTFS file systems with Linux
- From: Jim Henderson <hendersj@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 13 Jun 2009 23:06:01 +0000 (UTC)
- Message-id: <h11bcp$cg0$2@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
On Sat, 13 Jun 2009 22:13:54 +0200, Malte Gell wrote:
This won't make the system recoverable. First, tar creates a file, so
the underlying filesystem doesn't matter. But tar only knows about *nix
filesystem permissions as well.
Have a look at something like Ghost for Linux (g4l) instead.
Jim
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My idea was to create a ntfs file system on an external USB harddrive
and make a backup of my Vista installation with the tar command. Would
be faster that using dd which also clones empty space.
This won't make the system recoverable. First, tar creates a file, so
the underlying filesystem doesn't matter. But tar only knows about *nix
filesystem permissions as well.
Have a look at something like Ghost for Linux (g4l) instead.
Jim
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