David Havery wrote:
See, I know with dd (I've not used partimage) that when you create an
image, you get a file the size of the partition (empty space and all),
that's no good for a couple of reasons...
1) if I have a 300g drive with a 10g install, I want to be able to use
a cheap 10g to back up to rather than fork over the premium for a 300g
2) in the case of an array, the space may very well be bigger than
available drives.
system imager btw, is a pretty good solution, it will backup filespace
(vs drivespace), however, to do this with a bootable distro and span
multiple dvd's is beyond my ability presently. Sadly, this is exactly
what mkCDrec claims to do but since I can't get it installed and can't
get support from them, it's moot.
You could use the ancient but tried-and-true "dump/restore" mechanism.
It won't create bootable images, but it's a solid backup.
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