From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Oct 16 07:39:09 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 55D35106566C for ; Fri, 16 Oct 2009 07:39:09 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: from smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (gate6.infracaninophile.co.uk [IPv6:2001:8b0:151:1::1]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DB7A98FC16 for ; Fri, 16 Oct 2009 07:39:08 +0000 (UTC) Received: from happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk (localhost [IPv6:::1]) (authenticated bits=0) by smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id n9G7d4oj044714; Fri, 16 Oct 2009 08:39:05 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk) X-DKIM: Sendmail DKIM Filter v2.8.3 smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk n9G7d4oj044714 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=simple/simple; d=infracaninophile.co.uk; s=200708; t=1255678745; bh=NFXlT53KM+PkchL4B63s6N5HphVBWcGNK3XaCxwvjUQ=; h=Message-ID:Date:From:MIME-Version:To:CC:Subject:References: In-Reply-To:Content-Type:Cc:Content-Type:Date:From:In-Reply-To: Message-ID:Mime-Version:References:To; z=Message-ID:=20<4AD82317.40006@infracaninophile.co.uk>|Date:=20Fri ,=2016=20Oct=202009=2008:39:03=20+0100|From:=20Matthew=20Seaman=20 |Organization:=20Infracaninophile |User-Agent:=20Thunderbird=202.0.0.23=20(X11/20090823)|MIME-Versio n:=201.0|To:=20Warren=20Block=20|CC:=20Nerius= 20Landys=20,=20Jerry=20McAllister=20,=20=0D=0A=20questions@freebsd.org|Subject:=20Re:=20Best=20p rocedure=20for=20full=20backup=20of=20live=20system|References:=20 <560f92640910142042tc46f1e3lb81ac1e4528a44ab@mail.gmail.com>=09<20 091015143947.GB54613@gizmo.acns.msu.edu>=09<560f92640910151742h333 93131j9974c23db37602b8@mail.gmail.com>=20|In-Reply-To:=20|X-Enigmail-Version:=200.95.6|Content-Type: =20multipart/signed=3B=20micalg=3Dpgp-sha256=3B=0D=0A=20protocol=3 D"application/pgp-signature"=3B=0D=0A=20boundary=3D"------------en ig80512CB93AC92F199384701F"; b=ItCK6h23WvFJTDeTy2JyP1/AhQZMkIvgZtzc3G8VbyvXKCP6smxLqqgEljrg3k6ia K5rO77s1dHJ08kUYKC3OzNy+EvVbdf3ptNZKL1x6Xm01c7+5w2/dCRtnjKx9+gZy96 OaIubM3uYb1TN9/KmXiQaP1LmWpt+68TPE0LIra0= X-Authentication-Warning: happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk: Host localhost [IPv6:::1] claimed to be happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk Message-ID: <4AD82317.40006@infracaninophile.co.uk> Date: Fri, 16 Oct 2009 08:39:03 +0100 From: Matthew Seaman Organization: Infracaninophile User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.23 (X11/20090823) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Warren Block References: <560f92640910142042tc46f1e3lb81ac1e4528a44ab@mail.gmail.com> <20091015143947.GB54613@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> <560f92640910151742h33393131j9974c23db37602b8@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: X-Enigmail-Version: 0.95.6 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha256; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="------------enig80512CB93AC92F199384701F" X-Virus-Scanned: clamav-milter 0.95.2 at happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk X-Virus-Status: Clean X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3.0 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VERIFIED,NO_RELAYS autolearn=ham version=3.2.5 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.5 (2008-06-10) on happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk Cc: Jerry McAllister , questions@freebsd.org, Nerius Landys Subject: Re: Best procedure for full backup of live system X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 16 Oct 2009 07:39:09 -0000 This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 2440 and 3156) --------------enig80512CB93AC92F199384701F Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Warren Block wrote: >> Lastly, it says save all boot messages. Do they mean the output of >> dmesg? Why is this useful? >=20 > It would show what hardware was in the old machine and what services ar= e=20 > running on startup. Backup in general is making copies of information = > you won't need as long as you have a backup of it. The system already creates a copy of the first part of the system boot=20 output for you: /var/run/dmesg.boot -- this shows you what hardware the kernel discovered as it probed all of the buses and so forth. It doesn't= contain the rest of the output from all of the /etc/rc.d/* and /usr/local/etc/rc.d/* startup scripts. The simple way to capture all that is to enable console.log in /etc/syslo= g.conf -- you want to uncomment this line: console.info /var/log/console.log and make sure that /var/log/console.log exists, then restart syslog. Thi= s will log all console output, including the boot-up output. 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