From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Sat Sep 7 13:26:24 2019 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.nyi.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3428DD286D for ; Sat, 7 Sep 2019 13:26:24 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from roberthuff@rcn.com) Received: from smtp.rcn.com (smtp.rcn.com [69.168.97.78]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 46QZvL5FSCz4Z9v for ; Sat, 7 Sep 2019 13:26:22 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from roberthuff@rcn.com) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; d=rcn.com; s=20180516; c=relaxed/simple; q=dns/txt; i=@rcn.com; t=1567862781; h=From:Subject:Date:To:MIME-Version:Content-Type; bh=pM4t0dOBrvmsNeobznUFK5OrzjU=; b=cLBAXylFpGQ1NRAHCCugFFMibJXY6AYO69ayrp0PMPsKJ+8vCkMWPVPCfS4AJv9A 1OfXDjSCKiGVMizQflveNH55xRQYjbF71zbSbhO7dy30/PmL4qOB12oybaM7BMVr j9cFvNgVa2Uco0dseos3upI4t92QlgUhJuXmhwoba34TM7j9vWt4WAiE/FEhR9hu xP3lUtp9Br1hCigJzR8L0h7ex3Se5vBC63y7PjWXKHKVc1hLS8XCRjY3CP3cPa/9 97+rFT3UoBZYj2mtl1bw/C5EEoTylNkKs9zvjAmzniQlau7alD1vjgx56S8uGhWN DtvfhYefZcYYgwBG1eE1SA==; X_CMAE_Category: , , X-CNFS-Analysis: v=2.3 cv=CLJUoijD c=1 sm=1 tr=0 a=9TgA2UwI6Wy+6BV4wQM/cQ==:117 a=9TgA2UwI6Wy+6BV4wQM/cQ==:17 a=jpOVt7BSZ2e4Z31A5e1TngXxSK0=:19 a=KGjhK52YXX0A:10 a=IkcTkHD0fZMA:10 a=XRQyMpdBKAEA:10 a=J70Eh1EUuV4A:10 a=48faUk6PgeAA:10 a=E5opcwKhS8uMxUfWypIA:9 a=QEXdDO2ut3YA:10 X-CM-Score: 0 X-Scanned-by: Cloudmark Authority Engine X-Authed-Username: cm9iZXJ0aHVmZkByY24uY29t Received: from [209.6.230.48] ([209.6.230.48:41208] helo=jerusalem.litteratus.org.litteratus.org) by smtp.rcn.com (envelope-from ) (ecelerity 3.6.25.56547 r(Core:3.6.25.0)) with ESMTPSA (cipher=AES256-GCM-SHA384) id 3E/8E-16305-CFFA37D5; Sat, 07 Sep 2019 09:26:21 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-ID: <23923.45051.978504.460179@jerusalem.litteratus.org> Date: Sat, 7 Sep 2019 09:26:19 -0400 From: Robert Huff To: Polytropon Cc: "\@lbutlr" , Aleksandr via freebsd-questions Subject: Re: Convert MBR Partitions to GPT In-Reply-To: <20190907144659.33354f88.freebsd@edvax.de> References: <1ef6d7eb-a7c9-2a5d-12b2-20c4ef255523@wavecable.com> <20190902133941.e563291f.freebsd@edvax.de> <0e0c086c-a907-d224-98b8-9486d921e7a5@wavecable.com> <20190902141116.264edd01.freebsd@edvax.de> <88cabc53-eff5-3e1a-6e77-2d86da2b8c8d@wavecable.com> <20190902164836.98486301.freebsd@edvax.de> <20190906132003.a0e2c6a0.freebsd@edvax.de> <20190906234411.9aba1e00.freebsd@edvax.de> <668AE706-2B7D-40F9-B88A-208797D419BB@kreme.com> <20190907144659.33354f88.freebsd@edvax.de> X-Mailer: VM 8.2.0b under 26.3 (amd64-portbld-freebsd13.0) X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 46QZvL5FSCz4Z9v X-Spamd-Bar: ------ Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org; dkim=pass header.d=rcn.com header.s=20180516 header.b=cLBAXylF; dmarc=pass (policy=none) header.from=rcn.com; spf=pass (mx1.freebsd.org: domain of roberthuff@rcn.com designates 69.168.97.78 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=roberthuff@rcn.com X-Spamd-Result: default: False [-6.86 / 15.00]; ARC_NA(0.00)[]; RCVD_VIA_SMTP_AUTH(0.00)[]; R_DKIM_ALLOW(-0.20)[rcn.com:s=20180516]; NEURAL_HAM_MEDIUM(-1.00)[-1.000,0]; FROM_HAS_DN(0.00)[]; RCPT_COUNT_THREE(0.00)[3]; R_SPF_ALLOW(-0.20)[+ip4:69.168.97.0/24]; NEURAL_HAM_LONG(-1.00)[-1.000,0]; MIME_GOOD(-0.10)[text/plain]; IP_SCORE(-1.77)[ip: (-9.44), ipnet: 69.168.97.0/24(0.13), asn: 36271(0.49), country: US(-0.05)]; DWL_DNSWL_LOW(-1.00)[rcn.com.dwl.dnswl.org : 127.0.5.1]; TO_MATCH_ENVRCPT_SOME(0.00)[]; TO_DN_ALL(0.00)[]; DKIM_TRACE(0.00)[rcn.com:+]; DMARC_POLICY_ALLOW(-0.50)[rcn.com,none]; NEURAL_HAM_SHORT(-0.99)[-0.985,0]; RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW(-0.10)[78.97.168.69.list.dnswl.org : 127.0.5.1]; FROM_EQ_ENVFROM(0.00)[]; MIME_TRACE(0.00)[0:+]; ASN(0.00)[asn:36271, ipnet:69.168.97.0/24, country:US]; RCVD_COUNT_TWO(0.00)[2]; RCVD_TLS_ALL(0.00)[] X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 07 Sep 2019 13:26:24 -0000 Polytropon writes: > > The defaults are always going to annoy some people. I=E2=80=99d sa= y using dump > > for backup seems like it=E2=80=99s pretty much and edge case these= days. > =20 > I wouldn't say that. Over the years, I've encountered many settings > where there's more than only one partition per disk, and several > disks in a system, and backing up data partition-wise is very > convenient. =09If I remember correctly ... =09There is a paper out there - now somewhat old but I believe available on-line - that compares various backup/restore methods for UNIXish systems. =09The conclusion was: many things can work for specific needs, but dump/restore is the only one that does the comnplete job every time. =09 I =5Fthink=5F the author was Elizabeth Zwicky. =09=09=09Respectfully, =09=09=09=09Robert Huff