restoring system

[Robert Holtzman]

I have restored my home directory in the past using rsync but never the
entire system. If I rsync / (on my usb drive containing the backup) to /
on the computer with a fresh install of the OS, what problems will I run
into? What about links? I am presently triple booting 3 linux distros and 
want to delete one to install something else. The distro I'm installing
will be on 3 partitions (/, /boot, and /home). Will what I'm proposing
populate the directories in these partitions or will it dump everything
into /?

I realize that I probably be better off creating a snapshot and
restoring from that but I have never had good luck with MondoRescue or
Clonezilla.

Thought I'd better ask now before I stuck my foot in it.

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Bob Holtzman
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