Date: Mon, 10 Mar 2003 09:53:40 -0600 From: Dan Nelson <dnelson@allantgroup.com> To: dick hoogendijk <dick@nagual.st> Cc: freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: dump question Message-ID: <20030310155340.GA431@dan.emsphone.com> In-Reply-To: <20030310154349.GA2718@lothlorien.nagual.st> References: <20030310154349.GA2718@lothlorien.nagual.st>
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In the last episode (Mar 10), dick hoogendijk said: > 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? You can do it from a running system, but be aware that there is a chance that files (or directories) modified during the backup will get lost. I usually kill all remote logins, inetd, cron, sendmail, and anything else with a listening TCP socket before doing my backups. -- Dan Nelson dnelson@allantgroup.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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