rsync clone - ubuntu failure

[dave selby]

On 03/07/07, Matthew Carpenter <matt at eisgr.com> wrote:
> On Monday 02 July 2007, dave selby wrote:
> > On 02/07/07, migmog <migmog at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > my /etc/fstab had uuid's instead of the more traditional /dev/hdaX
> > > style drive names. Could this be your problem?
> >
> > I see where you are going but the clone was generated by rsync running
> > on a knoppix live CD with the OS hdd mounted RO. The clone should be
> > identical in all respects - and to the casual rummageing around it is
> > identical.
>
> rsync does nothing of the sort.  Identical copies can be made using dd, but
> not from large drives to smaller ones.
>

yep thats why I did not use dd. I take you point and what cameron
said, I will checkout uuid tonight ... :)

Cheers

Dave



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