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    Re: Howto: Backup and restore your system!

    This method will back up only your Linux partition. For Windows, you will have to use some proprietary software, such as Norton Ghost...
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    Re: Howto: Backup and restore your system!

    No, it won't. That's what the line "--exclude=/media/*" is for. I also have been using the same backup technique for quite some time in my dual-boot system and can safely recommend it.
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    Re: Howto: Backup and restore your system!

    This is a very interesting phenomenon. Thank you very much for pointing out the file size limit problem for the uninformed Ubuntu user.

    I have googled for a while on this problem and have found...
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    Re: Howto: Backup and restore your system!

    As far as I know, 7-zip does not preserve file owner and permissions information, which is crucial for a successful restore, and therefore, cannot be used as a replacement to tar:...
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