Re: [rdiff-backup-users] bootability of the mirror

[Dave Kempe]

t takahashi wrote:
> i am not a subscriber but i am a new user.
>
> i tried to mirror to the mount point of a partition, but rdiff-backup
> balks at the lost+found file there.  if i use --force, then the
> original's lost+found gets put there.  if i exclude lost+found, then
> it disappears.
>
> so it is not easy to mirror to a partition, which i wanted to do for
> easy bootability.
>
> \\

Hi,
I think you want rsync - rdiff-backup doesn't work the way you want I 
don't think. Its notion of destination is a descreet repository 
(directory) over which is has full control. Booting a machine off an 
rdiff-backup respository would be asking for trouble. Rsync doesn't look 
after the destination nearly as well.

thanks

dave