Re: dd /dev/hda /dev/hdb block size
On Fri, Dec 28, 2001 at 12:52:26AM -0800, Mark Lanett wrote:
> No, don't use tar for system mirroring, it doesn't handle hard links.
> /usr/share is full of them (locales). Tar is only good for user-level stuff.
FUD! Tar does handle hard links!
Try it, before misleading innocent people:)
The only problem is that of a serie of hard linked files only the
first encountered really gets into the tar file, the others only get
an i-node listed in the tar file. This means that you'll have to
retrieve that first file prior to retrieving the others, or else tar
will bark. Simply untarring the whole file will do this.
--
groetjes, carel
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