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1.7 KiB
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42 lines
1.7 KiB
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This determines how the backup is done. The following options are
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available:
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auto
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Analyzes the partitions on the drive to determine the best of the
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three methods described below. If the drive contains ext4, reiser4,
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or btrfs partitions, fsarchiver will be used. If the drive contains
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ext2, ext3, reiserfs, vfat, hpfs, jfs, xfs, ufs, hfs, or ntfs
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partitions, partimage will be used. For any other partition type, or
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if a drive doesn't contain any partitions, dd will be used.
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This is the default.
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partimage
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Uses the partimage utility to make images of individual partitions.
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Supports ext2, ext3, reiserfs, FAT16/32, HPFS, JFS, XFS, UFS, HFS,
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and NTFS. Saves and restores the MBR(s) and partition table(s).
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Recreates Linux swap partitions. Works for most configurations.
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fsarchiver
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Uses the fsarchiver utility to archive the files of a filesystem.
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Supports ext2, ext3, reiserfs, XFS, JFS, ext4, reiser4, btrfs, and
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NTFS. Saves and restores the MBR(s) and partition table(s).
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Recreates Linux swap partitions. More tolerant of drive hardware
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failures during backup. After restoring this type of backup, you may
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have to reinstall your bootloader, since the restored system files
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may not be in the same physical location on the disk. This method is
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the fastest method during both backup and restore due to the
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multithreaded compression/decompression.
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dd
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Uses the dd utility to create bit-by-bit images of entire hard
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drives or partitions. Works for any disk drive with any filesystem
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or no filesystem at all. The most reliable method. Also the slowest
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method, and uses the most space for backups. Use for drives with LVM
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partitions. If none of the other methods work, use this method.
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