[ale] block dev over net?

David Corbin dcorbin at machturtle.com
Sun Jun 26 13:55:10 EDT 2005


Jerry Yu wrote:

> if it is dying due to hw problem, direct image (dd) is not such a good 
> idea.
>
> I'd rely on tar/star for a full os backup (excluding /proc/*, of 
> course). then untar (unstar) it to the new drive (partition it first, 
> mount it, etc).
>
Well, I'd like to preserve the partion table, and the Windows XP 
partition, etc.




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