From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Nov 23 05:44:31 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: questions@freebsd.org 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 D668716A41F for ; Wed, 23 Nov 2005 05:44:31 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from fasterdisco@gmail.com) Received: from zproxy.gmail.com (zproxy.gmail.com [64.233.162.194]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 278AE43D5C for ; Wed, 23 Nov 2005 05:44:30 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from fasterdisco@gmail.com) Received: by zproxy.gmail.com with SMTP id 13so1285408nzn for ; Tue, 22 Nov 2005 21:44:29 -0800 (PST) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:references; b=YRpiKB5NDFNx4Wl9zyJvwcrfYm4ypCNz/pwKZfSKhZu4bNEOh3hliIPtrNWL998YlRui6XY5WCe0P8rJ/RQdhbYgXPYyKTxWY2nETD1CvlIVzqWrOOyW7L67+fhkzNaCS5tw62PZDN7JnY+QtFVeu4kRrbMoCgg9emsvl0Sgz3o= Received: by 10.65.197.4 with SMTP id z4mr5464954qbp; Tue, 22 Nov 2005 21:44:29 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.65.43.6 with HTTP; Tue, 22 Nov 2005 21:44:29 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: Date: Wed, 23 Nov 2005 00:44:29 -0500 From: "matt ." To: Jerry McAllister In-Reply-To: <200511221809.jAMI9MIa008261@clunix.cl.msu.edu> MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <3A85D7EF44E1C744BF6434691F5659E9622EEC@fci-ex.FCI> <200511221809.jAMI9MIa008261@clunix.cl.msu.edu> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: Jean-Paul Natola , questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Dump Help 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: Wed, 23 Nov 2005 05:44:32 -0000 Oops, Sorry Jerry - accidentally sent this to only yourself.... Anyway, this is for Jean-Paul, Investigate g4u (Ghost 4 Unix) to accomplish your goal. I've used this handly little utility to dump entire 110GB HD's over ftp bit by bit. Find it here: http://www.feyrer.de/g4u/ Kind regards, Matt Best On 11/22/05, Jerry McAllister wrote: > > > > > > > > > Jean-Paul Natola > > > > Network Administrator > > > > Information Technology > > > > Family Care International > > > > 588 Broadway Suite 503 > > > > New York, NY 10012 > > > > Phone:212-941-5300 xt 36 > > > > Fax: 212-941-5563 > > > > Mailto: Jnatola@Familycareintl.org > > > > > > > Well I would think I would want all my configuration files, for the mai= n > > applications EXIM CLAM ETC, so that when I reinstalled via ftp or cd, = I > > don't have to go in and make the changes to say , the exim cf file, th= e > > custom rules I have for SA etc,, > > > > I do believe the bulk would be in /usr/local > > > > Well, that isn't much in size terms. A lot of that would > be in either /etc or /usr/local/etc. You could also dump > root which is not big or make a little script that copies > the config files you want that are not already in one of the > dumped filesystems, over to some special space in one of > those dumped filesystems. Then, if you ever need to recover > them, they would be in a convenient place. > > That would be more likely needed after tinkering with them > than from a system failure anyway. So, having a copy living > somewhere convenient that does not require a restore could > come in handy as well. > > ////jerry > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to " > freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >