[CentOS] scp partition "not a regular file"

[partha chowdhury]

henry ritzlmayr wrote:
> Hi list, 
> 
> should it be possible to scp a partition with this command:
> 
> scp /dev/sda7 backupserver:/backup/sda7.img
> 
> I always get "not a regular file" - which is a clear and understandable
> error, but my googling tells me that some people are doing this - and it
> seems to work - at least at their systems.
> 

i think there are two simple ways to do this :

1> mount /dev/sda7 under say /mnt and scp -r /mnt <destination>
2> and rsync - i think it is most simple and suitable for backup through
ssh.