Disk imaging - "sparse" vs. standard.
Some newbie questions about images:
1) Can I add to sparse images? 1a) If so, does the sparse image need to be manually booted for addition to take place? 2) As long as it is located on a separate volume, can I boot from sparse images? 3) Can I add to "standard" disk images? 3a) If so, does the "standard" disk image need to be manually booted for addition to take place? If the answer to 1 and 2 is "yes", what are the practical reasons for choosing "standard" disk images as opposed to sparse images for backup, beyond differences in file size? I am not sure if I formulated the questions appropriately and relevantly, but I would like to understand the implications of going one way or another before deploying my SD backup program. Thank you. Best regards, |
Some answers, I hope:
- Sparse images can be added to, yes. I don't know what you mean by "manually booted"... - You cannot start up from a sparse image: they must be restored to a real drive. - You cannot add to standard (read-only) images. |
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