FSArchiver
Submitted by perspectoff on Thu, 05/20/2010 - 11:49.
I use FSArchiver a great deal. It squashes the filesystem and backs it up using a simple command line method. Because it compresses, it is better than partimage. Furthermore, the backed up filesystem can be moved to various types of filesystems -- whether ext3, ext4, reiserfs, etc.
It is now included in the 10.04 LTS repositories and is on other Rescue disks (like SystemRescueCD) as well.
Please consider adding it to your next incarnation of Ubuntu Rescue Remix.
Despite the warning "It's
Despite the warning "It's still under heavy development so it should not be used for critical data" it seems to be under heavy development.
http://www.fsarchiver.org/Changelog
I will keep an eye on it and include it in the next version if appropriate.
Thanks.
Try it, please. It's been
Try it, please.
It's been included in the official Ubuntu repositories already. I'm not sure why you're more finicky than they are.
I use FSArchiver routinely.
BTW, Ubuntu Rescue Remix is "still under heavy development" as well, isn't it?
I suppose we could always build our own Rescue CD using the Ubuntu Customization Kit, Reconstructor, or just by fiddling with the Debian/Ubuntu installer scripts...
Projects that aren't responsive are bound to die.
I will try it, as I said.
I will try it, as I said. Why am I being finicky? Well, inclusion into the Ubuntu Universe archive is not a sign that software is ready for prime-time. There are lots of applications in Universe that simply don't work. MOTU is the group that maintains that repository and they do an amazing job, but packages in Universe don't get the same attention that the ones in the Main archive get.
FSArchiver is not in Debian yet, which means that someone asked MOTU to include it into Ubuntu. This may mean that it's getting special attention or it may not - I will have to look into this to consider it before I include it.
Yes, Ubuntu-Rescue-Remix is under development, but it is meant to be used on production systems. I won't include something that is not ready for prime-time. So when I see a message like this, I need to think twice before including it:
http://www.fsarchiver.org/Status
"The project is currently still in development. Anyway, all the standard stuff is already implemented and several versions have already been released. It should not be used on a production environment yet. It's provided for testing purposes only. It's currently undergoing a stabilization process, and important tests are being made. "
But, as I have said, if I can't find any issues with it, I will include it. It doesn't seem to take up a lot of disk space, which is another consideration when including software.