>> If you're using 'dd' does that mean you're copying the entire filesystem
>> and not just the files? I believe that can run you into some issues
if the
>> FS isn't read-only...
>
> What kind of issues? The idea is to copy the whole filesystem to
another disk
> and keep it sync. And in case of "crisis" use dd from the backup to the
> original disk.

dd does no error checking and is not usually
suitable for backups of any kind unless you
validate the output. find / -xdev | cpio -ov,
*dump, or mkisofs -R would all be better ways
to store recovery data than dd.


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