Date: Mon, 12 Mar 2001 16:18:29 +1000 From: "Doug Young" <dougy@bryden.apana.org.au> To: <cjclark@alum.mit.edu> Cc: "Michael Conlen" <meconlen@obfuscated.net>, "Matthew Rudderham" <matt@cape-breton-island.com>, <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: What Are Standard Procedures For System Backup Message-ID: <008301c0aabc$443e96e0$847e03cb@apana.org.au> References: <NFBBJNNKKLIPPJPMCEAPEECOCBAA.meconlen@obfuscated.net> <022501c0aa4d$a96a65e0$0200a8c0@apana.org.au> <20010311172203.K50418@rfx-216-196-73-168.users.reflex> <003b01c0aab4$400553a0$847e03cb@apana.org.au> <20010311215927.P50418@rfx-216-196-73-168.users.reflex>
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> A filesystem is a rather basic concept in the operating > system. Anything you use mount(8) to access is going to be a > filesystem. Just type, > > $ mount OK ... so if I'm understand that correctly the /dev/da0s1a /root /dev/da0s1e /usr /dev/da0s1f /var constitute three different "filesystems" ?? I gather that I need to dump each of them individually ... does it matter whether I address the "filesystem" as, for example, "/dev/da0s1a" or alternatively as "/" ?? > > To see your currently mounted filesystems. Anyone one of those which > is a ufs type is a candidate for using dump(8) on. > > If you 'apropos filesystem,' you'll get a lot more info than you > probably need. Just looked at that & agree totally .... looks like martian or something :) > > Manpages are meant to be synopsis stuff for the clued or expert user > to use for quick, brief references. They are not, generally, designed > to be how-to's or tutorials (that's not to say some are not written to > be, vinum(4,8), the Perl pages, shell pages, can be quite > complete). Like you state, freebsddiary, bsdvault, etc. are resources > for tutorials and more real examples. At least some gurus who write documentation have some idea of making the stuff halfway intelligible ... Brian Somers doesn't have that problem & Greg Lehey generally writes intelligibly but many of the others certainly aim only at others of their own level. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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