Re: Bootable system backup

[Thomas_Kroener@mail.sva-germany.com]

Hello Russell

> I want to make a complete bootable backup of my debian 3 system
> on to a removeable hard disk. I've got one swap partition, and
> a main partition for everything else (ext2).

> How do i copy any boot files that need to be on a certain
> part of the hard-disk? The hard disks are different sizes.

I would recommend the command 'dd' which makes a 1:1 copy by blocks.
It copies everything, but I think it's quite easier to delete some
files afterwards instead of copying the needed files, because the
risk to forget one is higher.

cu Thomas