How to mirror a harddisk for backup purpose -ghost

[Robert G. Brown]

On Fri, 22 Jun 2001 alvin at Mail.Linux-Consulting.com wrote:
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> tar zcf -  directories_to_copy | ( cd /mnt/new_disk ; tar xvfp - )


If you use "z" on the front, better use it on the back as well...;-)

   rgb

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