Date: Sun, 26 Oct 2014 22:22:48 +0100 From: Dominic Fandrey <kamikaze@bsdforen.de> To: Ian Smith <smithi@nimnet.asn.au>, freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: File system issues Message-ID: <544D6628.60904@bsdforen.de> In-Reply-To: <20141027042350.M74058@sola.nimnet.asn.au> References: <544BC863.2040607@bsdforen.de> <20141025183600.GG66862@home.opsec.eu> <50056B15-83F4-4524-995E-6486959C027C@orthanc.ca> <20141026170011.M74058@sola.nimnet.asn.au> <544CB063.3020002@bsdforen.de> <20141027042350.M74058@sola.nimnet.asn.au>
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On 26/10/2014 18:37, Ian Smith wrote: > On Sun, 26 Oct 2014 09:27:15 +0100, Dominic Fandrey wrote: > > On 26/10/2014 07:36, Ian Smith wrote: > > > > But then, the general expectation that new users will want a linux-style > > > single / directory - sure, fine for VM use - cruels the potential to use > > > dump and restore anyway. It's a bit sad that this is still outstanding. > > > > You can use dump from anywhere in the file system by way of nullfs > > mounts. > > Thanks Dominic, I wasn't aware of that. Not that it makes up for not > being able to not newfs filesystems you want to keep, and in fstab, but > it's definitely worth exploring as a workaround. I have to withdraw my statement. I thought I had done it before, but I cannot get it to work. I suppose that leaves us with tar. -- A: Because it fouls the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? A: Top-posting. Q: What is the most annoying thing on usenet and in e-mail?
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