Date: Sat, 06 Aug 2005 22:26:17 +0400 From: Boris Samorodov <bsam@ipt.ru> To: Michael Hopkins <michael.hopkins@hopkins-research.com> Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Port for creating a bootable clone disk Message-ID: <19622470@srv.sem.ipt.ru> In-Reply-To: <BF1AB3EF.3F535%michael.hopkins@hopkins-research.com> (Michael Hopkins's message of "Sat, 06 Aug 2005 18:37:35 %2B0100") References: <BF1AB3EF.3F535%michael.hopkins@hopkins-research.com>
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Hi! On Sat, 06 Aug 2005 18:37:35 +0100 Michael Hopkins wrote: > Just wondering if there is a port that lets me create a bootable clone of my > boot disk without too much messing about? You may take a look at sysutils/rdiff-backup. It is written at Python an provides client/server operation. > Ideally it would: > 1) perform incremental backups like rsync Yes. > 2) work on both a mounted volume and over a network Yes. > The aim would be to be able to boot from it with no extra effort other than > changing the boot disk at startup. > Any ideas? rdiff-backup saves uid/guid information as well as timestamps. The only difference that is creates it's own directory with internal information. WBR -- bsam
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