On Mon, 23 Aug 2010 11:53:28 -0400 Gregory Seidman <[email protected]> wrote: > > I recommend making it an LVM physical volume and creating a volume > group on top of it. Create a logical volume the exact size of the > volume you are backing up, then use dd to copy it for the first > time (boot from a CD, if necessary, so the source volume isn't > mounted). Then create an LVM snapshot. [...]
This seems way too complicated, given that there are fine incremental backup scripts prepackaged in Debian. I'd just use the thing as a simple, large partition and tell one of the existing backup programs to send incrementals onto the partition daily. Perry -- Perry E. Metzger [email protected] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
