Re: DD To a Smaller Partition
On Thu, 13 Jan 2011 18:56:12 +1000, Adrian Levi wrote:
>>Is there a way to copy an image of just the files from one drive to
>>another? For example, an intelligent DD that won't copy unused sectors,
>>or will create an archive of just the files?
>
> Is there a reason why dump and restore won't fill the bill?
Is dump and restore able to ignore (not backing up) blank spaces, which
is what OP wants?
If yes, unfortunately then it is not filesystem neutral. I.e. will it
work on my reiserfs filesystem as well?
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