Date: Tue, 23 Aug 2016 22:05:11 +0700 From: Victor Sudakov <vas@mpeks.tomsk.su> To: krad <kraduk@gmail.com> Cc: "Brandon J. Wandersee" <brandon.wandersee@gmail.com>, "Kevin P. Neal" <kpn@neutralgood.org>, FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Root on ZFS, LiveCD and BE Message-ID: <20160823150511.GA6279@admin.sibptus.transneft.ru> In-Reply-To: <CALfReydVvRzdq=KPJcr-bo-zLmEDRExr=dPrv-_oQS1=%2BX9Ciw@mail.gmail.com> References: <20160815145419.GA3619@admin.sibptus.transneft.ru> <20160815231414.GA84125@neutralgood.org> <20160820105438.GA59960@admin.sibptus.transneft.ru> <86lgzq1510.fsf@WorkBox.Home> <20160821174246.GA73293@admin.sibptus.transneft.ru> <86h9aelz9g.fsf@WorkBox.Home> <20160822150455.GA87440@admin.sibptus.transneft.ru> <CALfReydVvRzdq=KPJcr-bo-zLmEDRExr=dPrv-_oQS1=%2BX9Ciw@mail.gmail.com>
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krad wrote: > If you are really that worried about the pool in question and potential > damage I would do an image of the drive(s) before doing anything. Than you > can restore if anything does go horribly wrong. > > I'm suprised nobody has mentioned this. Probably because it's a) trivial and b) not always feasible (you don't always have enough disk space and/or network bandwidth or can't afford time to make a verbatim image of an entire drive of a system to be repaired). If by making an image you imply not dd, but "zfs send", then you have to import the pool anyway. -- Victor Sudakov, VAS4-RIPE, VAS47-RIPN sip:sudakov@sibptus.tomsk.ru
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