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Originally Posted by Pisces
I get the result you're looking for by backing up to a sparse image and then using Smart Update on that. This works for me because I don't leave archival material on my boot disk, so the size of the clone doesn't change much. Otherwise I'd have to keep making bigger Sparse Images; this is why I can't use this method for my archives, which grow all the time.
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Thank you for the input and, of course, it's one of the very good ways to do it. In my case, I know that my clone would never become bigger than those 80GB that the internal HD has, and I somehow believe that the other partition of ca 160GB is gong to be enough for the most actual archiving :-) Oh well...
Now I've cloned for the first time and rebooted from it, tested it a little, everything went great. I feel very confident with my Powerbook now and I don't fear the internal HD crash any more. I run the Smart Update after every day of work, I let the SD put my PB to sleep, fine.
Thanks kindly everyone.