scdbackup@gmx.net wrote:
> I wrote:
> > > star -c -acl -link-dirs level=0 . | gzip | growisofs ...
> Joerg Schilling wrote:
> > For backups, I recommend to use star's "dump" format (created if you
> > add -dump to the command line).
>
> We discussed this in August 2005 on star-users :
> http://lists.berlios.de/pipermail/star-users/2005-August/000417.html
>
> Me:
> > > Do you mean with "make backups" that i should always
> > > use option -dump (or "level=0") ?
> You:
> > If you like a complete backup, is is the best to use level=0.
> > In this case, star forces you to backup the complete filesystem
> > and archives even more data about the FS.
>
> Reading man star-1.5a64/star/star.1 (i did not update
> since a year, i confess) i get the impression that the features
> of level=0 are a superset of -dump.
>
> I would have to change my star adapter if -dump was really
> superior over level=0 for the special purpose of backing up
> a sleeping system partition - in order to get true disaster
> recovery - but more portable than a flat device copy.
> (This recovery indeed worked in a brute test in september 2005.
> The restored Linux was fully operational afterwards.)
Sorry, I did oversee level=0
Jörg
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