Date: Thu, 07 Jun 2012 14:05:34 -0600 From: Gary Aitken <freebsd@dreamchaser.org> To: FreeBSD Mailing List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: dumping file system subtree (/var) Message-ID: <4FD1098E.7020203@dreamchaser.org>
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When I originally set up my SSD, the stuff I was following indicated there was no need to put anythng on a separate filesystem. I'm now trying to build a backup system on a usb drive and I want a separate /var and /tmp. I had originally set the nodump flag on /tmp and /var, so my snapshot is empty for those. I don't think there's any reason to preserve /tmp, but is there any good way to copy /var from the running system on the SSD to another filesystem (and still preserve everything, including flags)? My impression is both mksnap_ffs and dump should only be used on a complete filesystem, not a subtree. Or do I need to unset the nodump flag on /var, make a snapshot of /, take a dump :-), and then split the /var out upon restore? And would it be wise to repartition the SSD to put /var and /tmp on their own partitions? Gary
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