Re: filesystem damage

[Anssi Saari <anssi.saari@debian-user.mail.kapsi.fi>]

Eben King <eben@gmx.us> writes:

> Normally I hibernate, and while it's hibernated, boot off a thumb drive
> and back up (either by partition or the whole drive) to a dedicated
> drive.  The idea is if my main drive takes a dump, I could replace it
> with the backup drive, boot, and be on my merry way.  After the backup
> has completed, I resume and it's right where I left off.

So you actually back up the hibernated / partition? Is that really a
sound backup strategy? Seems risky to me but if it works I guess it's
fine.