Date: Mon, 01 Sep 2008 06:25:44 -0500 From: "J.D. Bronson" <jd_bronson@sbcglobal.net> To: RW <fbsd06@mlists.homeunix.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: dump/restore don't work, handbook lies Message-ID: <200809011125.m81BPiuo026561@cheyenne.hanadarko.com> In-Reply-To: <20080901024910.16ca76ae@gumby.homeunix.com.> References: <48BB2359.4000208@xmission.com> <200808312353.m7VNrbCI024287@cheyenne.hanadarko.com> <20080901024910.16ca76ae@gumby.homeunix.com.>
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At 02:49 AM 9/1/2008 +0100, RW wrote: > > dump -C 32 -0Lf - / | ( cd /mnta ; restore xf - ) > >One minor caveat: dumping a live filesystem require dump to take a >snapshot, which in turn require soft-updates to be turned-on. The >default in sysinstall is to enable it for everything but the root >partition. I always enable soft-updates on all partitions during install or anytime a drive is replaced :-) /dev/ad0s1a on / (ufs, local, soft-updates) devfs on /dev (devfs, local) /dev/ad0s1d on /usr (ufs, local, soft-updates) /dev/ad0s1e on /var (ufs, local, soft-updates) /dev/ad0s1f on /home (ufs, local, soft-updates) /dev/ad0s1g on /staff (ufs, local, soft-updates) /dev/ad0s1h on /users (ufs, local, soft-updates) -JD
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