From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Dec 29 06:38:45 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 765D116A4CE for ; Mon, 29 Dec 2003 06:38:45 -0800 (PST) Received: from mail1.acecape.com (mail1.acecape.com [66.114.74.12]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 33F0643D1F for ; Mon, 29 Dec 2003 06:38:44 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from francisco@natserv.com) Received: from miguel (p65-147.acedsl.com [66.114.65.147]) by mail1.acecape.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with SMTP id hBTEchU6012231; Mon, 29 Dec 2003 09:38:43 -0500 Message-Id: <200312291438.hBTEchU6012231@mail1.acecape.com> From: "Francisco Reyes" To: "FreeBSD questions" , "Malcolm Kay" Date: Mon, 29 Dec 2003 09:42:42 -0500 Priority: Normal X-Mailer: PMMail 2000 Professional (2.10.2010) For Windows 2000 (5.0.2195;4) In-Reply-To: <200312292053.06324.malcolm.kay@internode.on.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: Fwd: Re: Please help. Can't see HD X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: Francisco Reyes List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 29 Dec 2003 14:38:45 -0000 On Mon, 29 Dec 2003 20:53:06 +1030, Malcolm Kay wrote: >OK; how did you install initially? Was the whole disk used for BSD? >Did you follow the defaults during installation? > >If both the latter questions are answered in the affirmative then you >might go back to installation and try to create the same slices, partitions >and mount points. I thought I had recorded my partition sizes, but I had not saved them. I found enough data in my backups so the data loss is minimal. At this stage I want to concentrate on improving my backups for the next time. >> Is there a way to backup the disklable and slice info? >> > >Yes, disklabel and fdisk have facilities for outputting their current state and this >can be redirected to file and then stored on your backup media or a floppy disk. > >I do this on a regular basis Could you share the commands please? >In my opinion dump and restore are the best backup and recovery mechanisms >for BSD. I will work on a dump/restore mechanism. I will do that weekly. Have a database running which may not backup well. On weekends I can shutdown everything for the dump process. I plan to dump to a file in the second HD if that is possible. I also just bought a DVD burner to backup to it essential data to take offsite besides the copy on the second HD. Thanks for the advice. If I had only had a backup of the disk info this whole experience would have been less problematic.