From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Mar 10 7:45: 1 2003 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 0183C37B401 for ; Mon, 10 Mar 2003 07:45:00 -0800 (PST) Received: from nagual.st (cc20684-a.assen1.dr.home.nl [217.120.160.32]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6059D43FBD for ; Mon, 10 Mar 2003 07:44:58 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dick@nagual.st) Received: from lothlorien.nagual.st (dick@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by nagual.st (8.12.3/8.12.3/arwen) with ESMTP id h2AFhoLe002846 for ; Mon, 10 Mar 2003 16:43:50 +0100 Received: (from dick@localhost) by lothlorien.nagual.st (8.12.3/8.12.3/local) id h2AFhnsS002844 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Mon, 10 Mar 2003 16:43:49 +0100 From: dick hoogendijk Date: Mon, 10 Mar 2003 16:43:49 +0100 To: freebsd-questions Subject: dump question Message-ID: <20030310154349.GA2718@lothlorien.nagual.st> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.28i Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Using dump to make a full level 0 backup of my system to another harddisk in case of a crash. If needed I want to restore the dumps and have a fully working system back. Question: do I have to make the dumps *single* mode or can I just do it from a running system? If single, do I have to follow the next steps: ?? # boot -s # fsck -p # mount -u / # mount -a # swapon -a # adjkerntz -i If not, what are IS the right procedure? -- dick -- http://www.nagual.st/ -- PGP/GnuPG key: F86289CE ++ Running FreeBSD 4.7 ++ Debian GNU/Linux (Woody) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message