On 16-12-23 03:56 PM, William Park via talk wrote:
telinit 1 mount -o remount,ro / before running 'dd'.
The only problem with doing a dd to backup is that it takes a lot longer than doing an rsync. It also makes the machine unavailable for use during the backup. Not a problem if you schedule the backup to run overnight when you would not be using the machine.
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