From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Sep 3 06:12:29 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B360716A4BF for ; Wed, 3 Sep 2003 06:12:29 -0700 (PDT) Received: from asarian-host.net (mail.asarian-host.net [194.109.160.70]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EE53E44001 for ; Wed, 3 Sep 2003 06:12:27 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from admin@asarian-host.net) Comments: To protect the identity of the sender, certain header fields are either not shown, or masked. Anonymous email accounts can be requested by filling in the appropriate form at: https://asarian-host.net/cgi-bin/signup.cgi Received: (from root@localhost) by mail.asarian-host.net (8.12.9/8.12.9) id h83DCPMH062577 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Wed, 3 Sep 2003 15:12:25 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from admin@asarian-host.net) From: Mark Message-Id: <200309031312.H83DCO2K062567@asarian-host.net> Date: Wed, 03 Sep 2003 13:12:25 GMT X-Authenticated-Sender: admin@asarian-host.net X-Trace: 4Q1TBECtHe3E8dVsKWiMOhYoqCA/4neHp/F32ZKZS9BsxbZkh8YJ9iquofMicoF1xIVOZ94+a/excj8raL6ajA== X-Complaints-To: abuse@asarian-host.net X-Abuse-Info: Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers X-Abuse-Info: Otherwise we are unable to process your complaint Organization: Asarian-host To: "Vincent Poy" , "Mike Tancsa" References: <20030903021608.B64375-100000@oahu.WURLDLINK.NET> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1165 X-Auth: Asarian-host PGP signature iQEVAwUAP1XouTFqW1BleBN9AQFfdwf/SA5srpKVr2LD9bawUlzSkv0jCpMeCsTo o8++B6F4/QWjRJ5LNwihMloUDmHl8K7fI0fsNXpWqXmNf9xIHMXYCmiQMfrcnssW +E0ABBC6pR3vltJAYWmYhMGvdDvAT5d7eTpfYt5q1vrzFwfGrZ7+gH3ZTd3/Es53 CRrDcom2LabBTpkl62v/Lr3szlpIFKz3t4ZuiWxDBSmidQAYXIMQjwARM5AM+QU4 DHcYq6GjZd5JEv2k0stsuDHlUWbojD5x30Z+ZGyO6uttoN48y+DFd7rJBEhULqEd gcfJxqo1j56bcei4+WWpw2i2iyn+fCanJ4y5gt/nXQdfQrZjSe8gZQ== =ADvM cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Ghost for FreeBSD X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 03 Sep 2003 13:12:29 -0000 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Vincent Poy" To: "Mike Tancsa" Cc: Sent: Wednesday, September 03, 2003 2:22 PM Subject: Re: Ghost for FreeBSD > cd /mnt/root > /sbin/dump -L -f- /|restore -rf- > cd /mnt/var > /sbin/dump -L -f- /var|restore -rf- > cd /mnt/usr > /sbin/dump -L -f- /usr|restore -rf- I have heard this before, but I never understand this part. :) How does creating a /mnt/root directory, and restoring in that directory get my / slice back? Then the restored data will just sit in /mnt/root! What good does it there? Or should I create /mnt/root as partition, about equal in size to the root partition, and then restore therein, and do the old switcheroo in /etc/fstab later, to make it the root partion? I have successfully restored /var and /usr, on occasion; but that is rather easy, as they can be unmounted. With the root partition, that is not possible, of course. Short of having to switch cables on harddisks, is there a software method that will allow me to restore/switch the root partion? Thanks! - Mark