[Gllug] DD Ext3 Move (was ping)

[Tethys]

"t.clarke" writes:

>1) tar does not, i think, preserve certain kinds of files within in a file
>   system properly,  and therefore cpio is preferred for back-up/restore of
>   root filesystems.

Traditionally, that was true. However, GNU tar has handled them for well
over a decade now, and so there's no longer any reason to use cpio. Unless
the filesystem is full, this will also be quicker than using dd.

Tet
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