From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Apr 15 20:56:21 2005 Return-Path: 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 1CE7116A4CE for ; Fri, 15 Apr 2005 20:56:21 +0000 (GMT) Received: from splinter.bowdoin.edu (splinter.bowdoin.edu [139.140.181.132]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A04E943D48 for ; Fri, 15 Apr 2005 20:56:20 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from alec@thened.net) Received: by splinter.bowdoin.edu (Postfix, from userid 12008) id 7E6B7C11C; Fri, 15 Apr 2005 16:56:19 -0400 (EDT) Date: Fri, 15 Apr 2005 16:56:19 -0400 From: Alec Berryman To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20050415205619.GA45744@thened.net> Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <20050414205018.GJ13316@thened.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="XsQoSWH+UP9D9v3l" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: X-Ned-Wuz-Here: Yes X-GPG-Fingerprint: 3DB5 8785 53D9 8BF4 5049 B6B9 02E7 7FD9 881C 85C4 X-GPG-Key: http://www.thened.net/~alec/static/alec.asc User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.9i Subject: Re: Snapshots in Freebsd 5.x X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 15 Apr 2005 20:56:21 -0000 --XsQoSWH+UP9D9v3l Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline jlkjlk 64654654ut on 2005-04-14 16:07:18 -0700: > I have been able to mount the snapshot and retrieve the data while > the system is running as mentioned on the article but ultimately I > would like to restore entire partitions (from a system crash, for > example). Is it possible? How can it be acomplished? On > single-user-mode maybe? I assume you mean by 'system crash' hard drive failure? Snapshots will not do you any good except perhaps as a tool to make backups easier. --XsQoSWH+UP9D9v3l Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.0 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFCYCpzAud/2YgchcQRAvYaAKCmdZlLj/ORi7MiIGlYg/miRuWUyACfR4VE 1hJl4/SHSPkF36kRG1/DENc= =FlP8 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --XsQoSWH+UP9D9v3l--