Port for creating a bootable clone disk

[Boris Samorodov]

Hi!


On Sat, 06 Aug 2005 18:37:35 +0100 Michael Hopkins wrote:

> Just wondering if there is a port that lets me create a bootable clone of my
> boot disk without too much messing about?

You may take a look at sysutils/rdiff-backup. It is written at Python
an provides client/server operation.

> Ideally it would:

> 1) perform incremental backups like rsync

Yes.

> 2) work on both a mounted volume and over a network

Yes.

> The aim would be to be able to boot from it with no extra effort other than
> changing the boot disk at startup.

> Any ideas?

rdiff-backup saves uid/guid information as well as timestamps. The
only difference that is creates it's own directory with internal
information.


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