[Lilug] LiveCD disk backup software

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Maybe I'm misunderstanding here but couldn't he just mount the image in that
case in order to access specific files?
-j

On Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 4:19 PM, Chris Knadle <Chris.Knadle at coredump.us>wrote:

> On Wednesday 18 February 2009, Will wrote:
> > So, I'm looking to back up a 1TB drive to a computer somewhere on
> > my network. I don't have too many files on the device itself, but I
> > want to back up the partition tables still so I can just restore
> > the device back to before I backed it up.
>
> Personally I think backing up a "cloned image" that contains
> everything including the partition table is a mistake.  Why?  Well,
> let's say you want to get files back.  Oops -- now you have to
> restore both the partition table and the ENTIRE image.  :-/  That's a
> pain in the butt.
>
> There are cases where cloned images make sense -- like putting cloned
> images of the OS on computers in the workplace.  But I think they're
> a mistake for backups because they don't allow you random access.
>
>  -- Chris
>
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