[ltp] backing up a laptop

[Alexander Gran]

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Am Mittwoch, 22. Oktober 2003 03:04 schrieb Kacper Wysocki:
> firstly, the partition information might get screwy. I'd just copy the
> partition, not the whole drive, but I'd have to do some funky stuff
> resizing the partition to use the rest of the (potentially larger)
> drive.

That shouldn't be a problem. Resizing is simple as long as you haven't moun=
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the partition. If you additinionally need to move it, it get's tricky..

> secondly, fiding a linux-floppy that supports pcmcia and nfs might be
> challenging.

Why not use a CD(e.g. Knoppix).
Building your own isn't hard, either.

> Maybe tar would be a better idea instead of dd, but do any of you have
> better ideas? I'd appreciate suggestions for how to do this backup-
> restore.

If you plan to do it regulary, I'd suggest rsync.

Alex

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