From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Aug 22 01:58:26 2003 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 B6BAE16A4BF for ; Fri, 22 Aug 2003 01:58:26 -0700 (PDT) Received: from smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (ns0.infracaninophile.co.uk [81.2.69.218]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 70CAC43FE0 for ; Fri, 22 Aug 2003 01:58:25 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: from happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk (localhost [127.0.0.1]) h7M8vZBS009795 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Fri, 22 Aug 2003 09:58:21 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from matthew@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: (from matthew@localhost)h7M8vZpJ009794; Fri, 22 Aug 2003 09:57:35 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from matthew) Date: Fri, 22 Aug 2003 09:57:35 +0100 From: Matthew Seaman To: Doug Poland Message-ID: <20030822085735.GD9151@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk> Mail-Followup-To: Matthew Seaman , Doug Poland , questions@freebsd.org References: <20030822042211.GA38002@polands.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="zbGR4y+acU1DwHSi" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20030822042211.GA38002@polands.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.4i X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-8.2 required=5.0 tests=AWL,EMAIL_ATTRIBUTION,IN_REP_TO,PGP_SIGNATURE_2, QUOTED_EMAIL_TEXT,REFERENCES,REPLY_WITH_QUOTES, USER_AGENT_MUTT autolearn=ham version=2.55 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.55 (1.174.2.19-2003-05-19-exp) cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Backup and restore advise sought 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, 22 Aug 2003 08:58:27 -0000 --zbGR4y+acU1DwHSi Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thu, Aug 21, 2003 at 11:22:12PM -0500, Doug Poland wrote: > My proposed solution is this: dump each FBSD partition to backup > device, and re-partition the drive. This time put the Windows stuff > at the front of the HD, and FBSD at the rear. BTW, I'll recreate the > FBSD slices at least as large the original slice. Sounds like a good plan to me. =20 > Since I've never used dump/restore I've got some questions. =20 > 1. I'm concerned that the FBSD partition names will change. i.e., / > was ad0s3a may now become ad1s3a and so on. Yes, this will happen, but not in the way you've shown: ad0s3a is the first partition (a) on the 3rd slice (s3) of the primary master disk (ad0). ad1s3a is on the primary slave drive (ad1). What you should probably see is the current partitions are ad0s1a, ad0s1b, etc. And when you swap your FreeBSD and Windows slices, that should change to: ad0s2a, ad0s2b, etc. I recommend that when you copy the partitions, edit the /etc/fstab file and put in the new device names before you copy. Preferably restore the original fstab, and test that you can reboot using the new slices before you install WinME over the original FreeBSD slice. =20 > 2. I'm using GRUB as boot loader pointing at HD(0,0,a) for FBS and > HD(0,1) for Win. That will probably change. Yes. =20 > 3. Is there anything else about dump/restore that may present a > gotcha with this solution? =20 Shouldn't be any problems given what you say about sizing everything above. Instead of using sysinstall, you might consider using the basic fdisk, disklabel and newfs commands -- they're more powerful and flexible than sysinstall but not so easy to use. =20 > 4. Is there a better way? I remember reading about an OpenBSD > "ghost" for Unix. =20 As far as I know, all of the Unix "ghost" programs are essentially scripts build around dump and restore. Cheers, Matthew --=20 Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 26 The Paddocks Savill Way PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Marlow Tel: +44 1628 476614 Bucks., SL7 1TH UK --zbGR4y+acU1DwHSi Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQE/Rdr/dtESqEQa7a0RAkArAJwK+B5IP/NqfNqBFjVgr8MqT/yjqQCfUnpp 2ssqpGtG2lJ88Y+FVkdm9e0= =KFlK -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --zbGR4y+acU1DwHSi--