Date: Tue, 29 Sep 2009 21:50:30 -0600 (MDT) From: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> To: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> Cc: PJ <af.gourmet@videotron.ca>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: backups & cloning Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.00.0909292149130.45516@wonkity.com> In-Reply-To: <20090930054538.1d4dc718.freebsd@edvax.de> References: <4AC29BE6.4000505@videotron.ca> <alpine.BSF.2.00.0909291759110.44648@wonkity.com> <4AC2B3BB.4080807@videotron.ca> <20090930040733.91cc32d4.freebsd@edvax.de> <4AC2C6FE.5030507@videotron.ca> <20090930051819.be26dc3b.freebsd@edvax.de> <alpine.BSF.2.00.0909292128150.45380@wonkity.com> <20090930054538.1d4dc718.freebsd@edvax.de>
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On Wed, 30 Sep 2009, Polytropon wrote: > On Tue, 29 Sep 2009 21:37:50 -0600 (MDT), Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> wrote: >> Why make it harder than it needs to be? Call it / or /var or /usr >> instead of /dev/ad0s1whatever. dump will handle it. > > This works without problems as long as it is running from the > system to be copied. In case you use a live system, it doesn't > know anything about the associations between devices and the > mountpoints; this information is, as far as I know, obtained > via /etc/fstab. This is important to know especially if the > source and target disk have different layouts and concepts, > e. g. /dev/ad0s1d = /var -> /dev/da0s1e = /var (different > partition names for same subtree). Yes, you're right. I only realized that after sending... so I just sent an additional message. -Warren Block * Rapid City, South Dakota USA
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