[Discuss] Dropping obsolete commands (Linux Pocket Guide) (dump/restore)

[Dan Ritter]

On Tue, Nov 10, 2015 at 12:02:48PM -0500, Bill Bogstad wrote:
> 
> Note that this is from 2010 AND it was for a live (mounted
> filesystem).  I've used the rsync method myself to copy a system disk,
> but I've always been worried that if I didn't get the options just
> right I might lose an ACL or some other extended attribute and not
> know it.    "Runs fine" doesn't mean some subtle problem (possibly
> security related?) hasn't been created.  For stuff in /home, I worry
> much less about this and see no reason not to use rsync.
> 
> I'm about to add an SSD to a system with an HD and I'm going to give
> "dump | restore" a try.
> One interesting feature of the Linux dump is that you can specify
> inodes not to backup and if it is a directory the whole subtree will
> not be copied.   The system in question has /, /var, and /home all on
> one partition and I'm going to split them up in the new configuration
> so this will be helpful.   /home is going to stay on the HD while / is
> moving to the SSD.  Not sure about /var yet.
> 

Where-ever you keep your mail, put that on SSD. The difference
is amazing.

-dsr-