From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from linserver.romuald.net.eu.org (linserver.romuald.net.eu.org [63.228.150.209]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id C1BF110AC5 for ; Thu, 25 Sep 2008 02:22:10 -0400 (EDT) Received: (qmail 19147 invoked by uid 1000); 24 Sep 2008 23:22:24 -0700 Date: Wed, 24 Sep 2008 23:22:24 -0700 From: Gregory Nowak To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." Subject: Re: Somewhat OT: cloning hard disks Message-ID: <20080925062224.GA19086@localhost.localdomain> References: <20080923202727.GA14857@gmx.net> <20080924154710.GA27667@sonata.rednote.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; x-action=pgp-signed Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: X-PGP-Key: http://www.romuald.net.eu.org/pubkey.asc User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.18 (2008-05-17) X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 Precedence: list Reply-To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Id: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 25 Sep 2008 06:22:11 -0000 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Thu, Sep 25, 2008 at 02:14:54AM -0400, luke wrote: > One potential problem with dd, is that there is no integrety checking. I > don't know if there is with partimage either, but with multiple gig > drives, you may run into circumstances where that would be a good thing to > have. There's no integrity checking in partimage, at least in the sense I think you're referring to. However, you could restore the backup with the --simulate flag passed to partimage, which would cause it to simulate restoring the backup. So far, I've never had an actual restoration of a backup with partimage go bad, after having the simulated restore go ok. Greg - -- web site: http://www.romuald.net.eu.org gpg public key: http://www.romuald.net.eu.org/pubkey.asc skype: gregn1 (authorization required, add me to your contacts list first) - -- Free domains: http://www.eu.org/ or mail dns-manager@EU.org -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAkjbLiAACgkQ7s9z/XlyUyDe2ACeLcUB3mQ6Dli8mjtRdWgEMBRk OMsAnRulJt104o/mvKY1ayUga4dM5PYW =XBlX -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----