[aklug] FSArchiver was: Repairing an NTFS volume in Linux

--- On Thu, 11/4/10, barsalou <barjunk@attglobal.net> wrote:=0A> =0A> So th=
is would be somewhat like ghost?=A0 I'm going to=0A> have to give it a =3D2=
0=0A> try anyway.=0A> =0A> Mike B.=0A=0AI assume your talking g4u? - ghost =
4 unix/linux..=0A=0AThe big differences i see are speed and reliablility.=
=0A=0Afsarchiver understands filesystems (with kernel support)=0A- it only =
records files & one can specify files/directories to *exclude* - (who needs=
 to backup /tmp, pagefile.sys, hiberfil.sys? )=0A=0Ag4u grabs a whole parti=
tion, then optionally compresses the whole=0Athing. (if any errors occur, t=
he rest of the archive is lost!)=0A=0Afsa uses in-line block compression wh=
ich can be multi-threaded=0A( -j <number of threads> ) & can recover from e=
rrors - you just lose the files associated with the bad bits...=0A=0Afsa se=
ems more like a partition-aware tar.=0A=0AAnd did i mention: fsa can restor=
e to a smaller partition than=0Athe original!=0A=0A=0Aenjoy!=0A=0Amdf=0A=0A=
=0A=0A=0A=0A=0A=0A=0A
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Received on Thu Nov 4 23:53:33 2010