Re: filesystem damage

[Chris Green <cl@isbd.net>]

Anssi Saari <anssi.saari@debian-user.mail.kapsi.fi> wrote:
> 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.

With modern systems booting so fast I wonder why anyone bothers with
hibernate or sleep.

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Chris Green
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