Date: Fri, 1 May 2009 11:59:18 -0600 (MDT) From: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> To: Martin McCormick <martin@dc.cis.okstate.edu> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: When a System Dies; Getting back in operation again. Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.00.0905011155190.55068@wonkity.com> In-Reply-To: <200905011707.n41H7M6b021540@dc.cis.okstate.edu> References: <200905011707.n41H7M6b021540@dc.cis.okstate.edu>
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On Fri, 1 May 2009, Martin McCormick wrote: > Let's say we have a system that is backed up regularly and it > vanishes in a puff of smoke one day. One can get FreeBSD > installed on a new drive in maybe half an hour or so but we also > need to get back to the right patch level and then we can say we > are back where we started. If you do not have hot-swappable > drives which we mostly do not, What is the best way to restore > the full system? > > Can I use the FreeBSD installation disk in rescue mode? > The idea would be to boot the CDROM, go in to rescue mode, mount > the new drive which may be blank right now, and then use restore > based on the last dump of the system we are trying to revive. I've had success doing a minimal install from CD, booting from the new drive, and then restoring dumpfiles right over it. -Warren Block * Rapid City, South Dakota USA
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