FSArchiver!

* You can download either the sources https://github.com/fdupoux/fsarchiver/releases/download/0.8.1/fsarchiver-0.8.1.tar.gz
or a static binary from the github releases page https://github.com/fdupoux/fsarchiver/releases.
* You can also download SystemRescueCd http://www.system-rescue-cd.org
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. * You can track the changes using the detailed ChangeLog http://fsarchiver.org/Changelog
Changelog page.

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