Date: Thu, 25 Mar 1999 21:10:42 -0800 (PST) From: Evgeny Roubinchtein <eroubinc@u.washington.edu> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: "dump" of a "live" file system? Message-ID: <Pine.A41.4.10.9903252056090.24046-100000@dante30.u.washington.edu>
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Is it possible to "dump" a "live" file system? (i.e. dump a file system when the machine is in multi-user mode, with the filesystem that is being dumped mounted read-write). Is it safe/recommended? It seems like this wouldn't be a great idea, since on a "live" file system mounted read-write there may be pending writes, and it isn't clear how dump would cope with that. Is it better/ok/safe to first remount the filesystem read-only? I think I am a bit confused on this. Please include my address in replys. Thank you -- Evgeny Roubinchtein, eroubinc@u.washington.edu ................... BW: Branch on Whim To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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