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[LUG] Backup in Linux

 

Hi All,

I've been trying different GUI based programs for backup and had most luck with 'luckyBackup', however it's not /that/ lucky because no matter what Exclusions I give it, it keeps trying to add the content of drives that are currently mounted when I've told it to exclude them. I had a go with dd tonight but got this error after a few minutes:

sudo dd if=/dev/sda8 of=/media/julian/ARTEMIS/systembackup.img
dd: reading ‘/dev/sda8’: Input/output error
17130448+0 records in
17130448+0 records out
8770789376 bytes (8.8 GB) copied, 257.292 s, 34.1 MB/s

/dev/sda8 is the root of my Mint installation, ARTEMIS is a USB external HD.

Should I try 'luckyBackup' again but with other drives unmounted?

Kind regards,

Julian

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