>An image copy is taken at a level closer to the hardware than >the filesystem is. The data files are copied into the image still firmly >embedded into the filesystem, along with all its metadata.
Thanks very much for that illuminating description. I have to go deeper. I did find this link: http://www.debian-administration.org/article/Migrating_a_live_system_from_ext3_to_ext4_filesystem - C -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20100712180730.60750...@mondo