Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261863AbTKGWSS (ORCPT ); Fri, 7 Nov 2003 17:18:18 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261862AbTKGWRt (ORCPT ); Fri, 7 Nov 2003 17:17:49 -0500 Received: from thunk.org ([140.239.227.29]:23710 "EHLO thunker.thunk.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S264619AbTKGUG6 (ORCPT ); Fri, 7 Nov 2003 15:06:58 -0500 Date: Fri, 7 Nov 2003 14:58:56 -0500 From: "Theodore Ts'o" To: Geert Uytterhoeven Cc: Pavel Machek , Robert Gyazig , Linux Kernel Development Subject: Re: undo an mke2fs !! Message-ID: <20031107195856.GB27169@thunk.org> Mail-Followup-To: Theodore Ts'o , Geert Uytterhoeven , Pavel Machek , Robert Gyazig , Linux Kernel Development References: <20031106192114.GA23892@atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.4i X-Habeas-SWE-1: winter into spring X-Habeas-SWE-2: brightly anticipated X-Habeas-SWE-3: like Habeas SWE (tm) X-Habeas-SWE-4: Copyright 2002 Habeas (tm) X-Habeas-SWE-5: Sender Warranted Email (SWE) (tm). The sender of this X-Habeas-SWE-6: email in exchange for a license for this Habeas X-Habeas-SWE-7: warrant mark warrants that this is a Habeas Compliant X-Habeas-SWE-8: Message (HCM) and not spam. Please report use of this X-Habeas-SWE-9: mark in spam to . Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 743 Lines: 17 On Fri, Nov 07, 2003 at 11:33:42AM +0100, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote: > > I guess I'll start recomending e2image to people trying software > > suspend ;-). It really seems like neat tool for "easy backups". > > Note that according to Ted's first post, e2image backs up the _metadata_. He > didn't mention the real data... Right. The idea is that there are a few blocks that if destroyed, cause the loss of a vast amount of data. That's why backing up the metadata is so important.... - Ted - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/