Subj : RPis
To   : Vk3jed
From : N1uro
Date : Sat May 22 2021 12:47 pm

-=> Vk3jed wrote to N1uro <=-

 Vk> I use the Pis for low load applications, even BBSs. ;)  I'll have your
 Vk> spares. ;)

You got guts! I would *never* run a BBS on a Pi. Too many read/writes.
Before I run my monthly CloneZilla backups, I do a mirror image of my
SDCard so that also gets grabbed by CloneZilla. I have a very simple script
that does it I call do-image. Here it is if you wish it:

#! /bin/sh
echo -n "What size in do you want (ex: 4M): "; read answer1
echo -n "Input device or file with path: "; read answer2
echo -n "Output device or file with path: "; read answer3
sleep 1
echo "preparing: dd bs=$answer1 if=$answer2 of=$answer3 is this correct?"
sleep 3
echo -n "This will take a L O N G while... "
/bin/dd bs=$answer1 if=$answer2 of=$answer3
echo "backup/restore done."

It uses DD... makes bootable backups. You can use it on almost any sort of
drive you wish to mirror really... and reverse things to do a restore. 
Just make the input device the source and Output device the destination.
I've had to restore my SDCard a couple times already when I've made a dumb
typo <G>

 Vk> Yeah that helps.  The one the BBSs run on has a read only SD card.
 Vk> Writing is only done to the attached 500GB SSD. :)

I tried using an external drive in a USB case... didn't fly well at all.
I just gave up on the RPi units for anything remotely server related.

 Vk> Hmm, that's a pain.

Very much so. Makes me sometimes feel as if my assistance really isn't
appreciated.

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