Bernhard Voelker wrote:
On 08/22/2014 09:18 PM, Per Jessen wrote:
'dd' is the right answer for that, but you need _identical_ hardware to restore to.
Why, would you please elaborate? I mean it's clear that the target device has to be as big or bigger than the source device, but that's it.
Okay, I should have said _mostly_ identical.
I doubt if very many poeple use 'dd' for backups [...]
I can't claim that I'm "many" ... but I did - several times. I'm using it especially when moving/cloning Windows partitions, because it makes a 100% copy of the original.
Oh, there are a good few purposes for dd, but moving/cloning != backup, IMO. -- Per Jessen, Zürich (15.1°C) http://www.dns24.ch/ - free dynamic DNS, made in Switzerland. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org