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30 Mar
2014
30 Mar
'14
13:41
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. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org