Date: Sat, 16 Jun 2012 18:19:15 +0200 (CEST) From: Wojciech Puchar <wojtek@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> To: Gary Aitken <freebsd@dreamchaser.org> Cc: FreeBSD Mailing List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: dumping file system subtree (/var) Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1206161818070.41364@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> In-Reply-To: <4FD1098E.7020203@dreamchaser.org> References: <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? > i really have no idea why you just don't dump it all? restore have -i option that allow you to partially restore files from a dump. I have SSD, single partition and i use dump to backup it to external hard disk. alternatively - use tar.
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