From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Apr 23 18:24:27 2015 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 7F808365 for ; Thu, 23 Apr 2015 18:24:27 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-qk0-f179.google.com (mail-qk0-f179.google.com [209.85.220.179]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 42F6F1185 for ; Thu, 23 Apr 2015 18:24:26 +0000 (UTC) Received: by qkhg7 with SMTP id g7so15938632qkh.2 for ; Thu, 23 Apr 2015 11:24:20 -0700 (PDT) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date :message-id:subject:from:to:content-type; bh=aHH+m+HTi0Ury9wOTs8IwiyEGmtCyPtLMRTczaTos1k=; b=m5pKgLZTbe45JMlDd4cGOdvyJkKD4e89Dnucveex1iyxxZVy5rE51d30Cc/39oIpte L60CwV+WfX9Z/KQ2wxajwGqDoOK811G26QInxi+RqotGotrDVz6eImc3hlipkxMtBHJM bde0P+c67/0Q1y6dPMaCGVj+hLdfGbB97inY03Xverv0xqvwRM9c4Jmi9hiOQaQgi3mU fXt+u5dC/Vy1Aj4KuOJlYubCN8g34gU7Da+OlHseuXL/B60Nvg4+bR1IZVEzbxCpb996 tagYlFHDpAttCX59npRXCgB44G1oQ5o4PwpbNoskcngQypngKhjUcRK8VOZmpQuoAXfP V6lw== X-Gm-Message-State: ALoCoQmL3hM3E8pTezbIED63hmTL0HPicNkgAUjfxn+Tc9CEzFrhKWpt/UEMF7JU7l0F2nCGc5KP MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.140.33.227 with SMTP id j90mr4585789qgj.6.1429811910648; Thu, 23 Apr 2015 10:58:30 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.140.104.162 with HTTP; Thu, 23 Apr 2015 10:58:30 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Thu, 23 Apr 2015 10:58:30 -0700 Message-ID: Subject: Re: ufs snapshot help From: Michael Sierchio To: FreeBSD Questions Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.20 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 23 Apr 2015 18:24:27 -0000 Also, by default, S+J is enabled. Journaling is incompatible with snapshots. - M On Thu, Apr 23, 2015 at 10:38 AM, jungle Boogie wrote: > Hi Luca, > On 23 April 2015 at 02:27, Luca Ferrari wrote: > > On Thu, Apr 23, 2015 at 6:08 AM, jungle Boogie > wrote: > >> While zfs is the better choice for virtually everything, I can't quite > >> support it on my old hardware--plus I want to learn the basics. > >> > > > > That is: ZFS is not for good for all! > > > >> Following this simple page: > >> https://www.freebsd.org/doc/handbook/snapshots.html > >> > >> # mount -u -o snapshot /var/snapshot/snap /var > >> mount: /var/snapshot/snap: Invalid argument > > > > I suspect you are trying to snapshot a filesystem that does not exist. > > Do you have a separate filesystem for /var? > > > > > You're correct. New installs of FreeBSD don't seem to setup separate > partitions. Did they ever? > > > Luca > > > > -- > ------- > inum: 883510009027723 > sip: jungleboogie@sip2sip.info > xmpp: jungle-boogie@jit.si > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to " > freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >