Looking for backup software of complete system

[Randy Kelsoe]

Mike Noble wrote:

> Depending on the file system that you have(ext2,ext3....)
> I would recommend dump or cpio. If you have a tape drive
> attached (lets say /dev/st0) you can use the following
> dump command:
>
> dump 0uf /dev/st0 /
>
> This will dump the entire contents of the / file system
> to the tape drive.
> You can then restore from tape with the command restore.


So, has dump been fixed? Last I heard (and it was a while ago), Linus 
said if you used dump, you WOULD have data corruption.