What does FSArchiver do to the file system?

What does FSArchiver do to the file system?

FSArchiver is a system tool that allows you to save the contents of a file-system to a compressed archive file. The file-system can be restored on a partition which has a different size and it can be restored on a different file-system. Unlike tar/dar, FSArchiver also creates the file-system when it extracts the data to partitions.

Can a FSArchiver be used as a ReiserFS?

FSArchiver can extract an archive to a partition which is smaller that the original one as long as there is enough space to store the data. It can also restore the data on a different file-system, so it can use it when you want to convert your file-system: you can backup an ext3 file-system, and restore it as a reiserfs.

Which is the best LiveCD for FSArchiver?

You can also download SystemRescue which is a livecd that provides a recent FSArchiver and all the file-system tools and libraries required. So if you want to use FSArchiver to save or restore your root file-system, the best thing to do is to run FSArchiver from this livecd.

Can a FSArchiver archive be restored on a different partition?

The file-system can be restored on a partition which has a different size and it can be restored on a different file-system. Unlike tar/dar, FSArchiver also creates the file-system when it extracts the data to partitions. Everything is checksummed in the archive in order to protect the data.

How can I uninstall FSArchiver on my computer?

Uninstalling fsarchiver is easy since it only installs one file on your system, which is the compiled binary. To uninstall fsarchiver, just remove /usr/sbin/fsarchiver. FSArchiver has two kind of dependencies: libraries and file-system tools.

Which is the 32 bit version of FSArchiver?

You can use either the 32 bit version (fsarchiver-static-x.y.z.i386.tar.gz) or the 64 bit one (fsarchiver-static-x.y.z.x86_64.tar.gz). Uninstalling fsarchiver is easy since it only installs one file on your system, which is the compiled binary. To uninstall fsarchiver, just remove /usr/sbin/fsarchiver.