Re: backup/restore
In article <[🔎] 1171574895.5528.75.camel@boomerang.ran.sandia.gov> you wrote:
> I'm looking for a solution to temporarily backup then restore a Debian
> install--preserving the filesystem contents and attributes. The caveat
> is that the capacity of the drive I'll be restoring to is smaller (all
> other hardare is unchanged).
I saw this on the Debian list years ago and have used it
ever since. Just format the partition, mount it and then
run the following:
cd /
find . -xdev | cpio -vdump /mnt
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