Keeping this short. You certainly covered everything to my satisfaction... thanks!
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Originally Posted by dnanian
You can check out the scripts to see exactly what we do. The cache files are not removed, they're not copied, and are specified in the script. We don't copy things that Apple specifically states shouldn't be copied. (Obviously, it's a bit silly to copy swap files.
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Excellent. I'd like to minimize figuring out those details and avoid unpleasant surprises but I still want to understand what's happening. Having the scripts as a starting point should work well.
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I thought I read somewhere that rsync would also output differential information that you could use. Yes, it's not dump (obviously it's not filesystem structures), but you might be able to cobble together a solution with it and some bailing wire and string! 
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Didn't see any mention of it in the man page. I'll probably use rsync(x) for keeping my iBook updated with some eMac changes (e.g. /usr/local) but be more conservative with backups.
Off to do some SD testing now...