# rsync shortcut with options "everybody" needs.
-# Copyright (C) 2011-2012 Simon Ruderich
+# Be careful when restoring /boot with --sparse, GRUB doesn't support sparse
+# files (e.g. the kernel). Therefore don't use --sparse in this case.
+
+# Copyright (C) 2011-2014 Simon Ruderich
#
# This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
--human-readable \
--archive \
--hard-links \
+ --sparse \
--numeric-ids \
--one-file-system \
"$@"