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by nmussy 4365 days ago
I know this isn't the main purpose of the software, but has there been experiments with a bvckup being restored on a different piece of hardware? I'm not talking completely, changed the CPU and architecture, but more like different drive sizes and such.
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It's a file-level replicator, it is just not meant for system/image backups, because those need to be aware of MBRs, partition tables and other non-FS elements.
Yes, that's what I feared. I might start using it at work, in association with CloneZilla, the latter for deployment, and yours for user's data safety.

Thanks for the reply!