I started partmage and found out that my filesystem is ext3. I don't know why I thought that. I only heard that Mint was ext4. oops On Tue, Dec 27, 2011 at 3:09 PM, Kevin Fries wrote: > On Tue, 2011-12-27 at 13:42 -0700, Matt Graham wrote: > > > On Tue, Dec 27, 2011 at 12:19 AM, Michael Havens > wrote: > > >> I got things just the way I want them. How do I make a mirror image > of my > > >> hard drive? > > > > This is usually the wrong way to approach backups.[0] What if your disk > dies, > > and you need to restore your stuff onto a disk with a different size?[1] > > You'll have to mount the images loopback and cp everything over, which > makes > > things less simple than you want. > > I would have to agree. I have used several, but most of my experience > is in networked environments where I generally use BackupPC. It works > awesome, and provides a webpage resore process per user/node. > > This would work with a central storage system, not so great with a > removable drive system, but it could be used this way. > > Take a look > > Kevin > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > -- :-)~MIKE~(-: