Date: Thu, 6 Jan 2000 15:21:36 -0500 (EST) From: Adam <bsdx@looksharp.net> To: Jonathon McKitrick <jcm@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FFS vs ext2fs (Was: Re: Not enough information) Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0001061521070.27160-100000@turtle.looksharp.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0001061958210.74495-100000@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org>
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Dont need a tape. tar -zcvf ~/varbackup.tgz /var Probably takes about 10 seconds :) On Thu, 6 Jan 2000, Jonathon McKitrick wrote: >On Thu, 6 Jan 2000, Adam wrote: > >>Backup. Backup. Backup. Backup. Backup. >> >>Backup. Test restoring. > >I will. As soon as someone donates a tape drive to me ;-) > >>On Thu, 6 Jan 2000, Jonathon McKitrick wrote: >>>Actually, once i made a mistake and ruined /var, including the package db, >>>and it screwed my system. I had no idea how to fix the packages. But >>>this was my fault. However, a way of recovering without reinstalling >>>would have been nice. > > >-=> jm <=- > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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