On Sun, 30 Mar 2014 09:41:20 -0400 James Knott wrote:
Carl Hartung wrote:
I just back up to a hard drive with cp -a, which works fine. The
attributes are preserved and I can easily mount the drive to access all the files. I use rsync for basically the same reason but my objective is to be able to install the replacement drive and be up and running again in a matter of minutes.
When copying to an empty partition, rsync provides no advantage over cp -a.
I understand, but emptying a partition only to run a more current snapshot is -- at the very least -- highly inefficient. Amongst my backup drives is one that is kept as a literal drop-in replacement. When the original needs to be taken out of service, I just drop in the replacement and I'm up and running in a matter of minutes. rsync makes this possible. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org