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Originally Posted by grumpf
You wnat a backup ? rsync is fine no need for cp. exspecial not on the disklevel since this is a real problem when the disk are not totaly equal. i would use dd at least.
So if I have a new emtpy disk rsync will correctly create two boot partitions: one for windows and one for Fed Core 4? Wow! I thought I needed cp for that. I presently use it for that.
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Originally Posted by grumpf
but recreating the filesystem by hand an using rsync afterwards is easy.
Could you elaborate further?
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Originally Posted by grumpf
What exactly is is a bootable disk for you ? what do you exspect when a disk fails ?
so far i know most systems wait until manual intervention if boot fails. a filesystemcopy
may be good enought i most cases.
cp presently creates a bootable disk for me presently: I can boot windows or fed core 4. Remember I'm doing a "telinit 1" and I'm performing a vertbatim block level copy by specifying /dev/sda. This ignores any filesystems hence it copies the master boot records, all my grub stuff and my windows paritition.
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Originally Posted by grumpf
Simply prepare a cdrom/floppy/usbstick/... with a bootloder an a menu that is ready to start from the backup disk. (normal pc-bios is very crappy when it comes to such tasks).
I'm already using grub and I assume I can enhance it's boot menu. Is there any reason to move grub from my internal disks to a USB stick or floppy?
Thanks,
Siegfried