Date: Fri, 9 Apr 2004 10:57:53 -0400 From: "fbsd_user" <fbsd_user@a1poweruser.com> To: "Joshua Oreman" <oremanj@webserver.get-linux.org> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Complete system restore software for FreeBSD? Message-ID: <MIEPLLIBMLEEABPDBIEGEEILFLAA.fbsd_user@a1poweruser.com> In-Reply-To: <20030610064436-164400041>
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Has the Mondo method made it to the official Freebsd port system yet? How about an status update? Thanks. > > I have used the Mondo Rescue backup and restore system before > > with my Linux machines with great success. What Mondo allows > > one to do is a complete system backup and restore from a bootable > > CD, meaning a system can survive a harddrive failure without a > > whole lot of fiddling around in reconfiguring software and such. > > What I'm wondering is, is there similar software available for > > FreeBSD (preferably free)? > > > > For reference, more info on Mondo Rescue can be found here: > > > > http://www.microwerks.net/~hugo/ > From the above pages: > > FreeBSD users - Joshua Oreman has ported Mondo to FreeBSD. Click to > download his Mondo[1] and Mindi[2] packages. They are standard tarballs, > so just use tar xzf and gmake && gmake install to build them. We need > testers. The FreeBSD port is a work-in-progress, not a stable product > (yet). We'll keep you posted. > Note that the FreeBSD support is still "beta", in a sense. It has not been tested extensively on 4.x, so please send any problems (with logfiles! - read the Mondo support page) to me. Better yet, subscribe to the mondo-devel mailing list & send them there. Thanks! -- Josh
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