From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue May 2 13:27:04 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org 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 29EA816A403 for ; Tue, 2 May 2006 13:27:04 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ianchov@gmail.com) Received: from uproxy.gmail.com (uproxy.gmail.com [66.249.92.174]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 760A043D45 for ; Tue, 2 May 2006 13:27:02 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from ianchov@gmail.com) Received: by uproxy.gmail.com with SMTP id m3so2087740ugc for ; Tue, 02 May 2006 06:27:02 -0700 (PDT) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:references; b=jwCOJKu0SdD9HpBrrxrSKSyA3kEidOpUM045E33l3BUX39czVqSxUy2hBelbB+woCgL0/h5NkgHJEcwRWPKXS2mv0wYy+YJ1kV6QPD5G2m5ZiBypHwl+5WWBiCJPLJruta5brHCAwqDPSrAIgYfe2OLn7nTF0vF2xaGgLJlNs6g= Received: by 10.78.48.16 with SMTP id v16mr318120huv; Tue, 02 May 2006 06:01:36 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.78.16.16 with HTTP; Tue, 2 May 2006 06:01:36 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <18e02bd30605020601s7693c183t3735fa0590784d90@mail.gmail.com> Date: Tue, 2 May 2006 16:01:36 +0300 From: "Iantcho Vassilev" To: "dick hoogendijk" , "FreeBSD Questions" In-Reply-To: <20060502111316.GA1267@arwen.nagual.st> MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <20060502111316.GA1267@arwen.nagual.st> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: Subject: Re: backup system rsync <-> dump X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 02 May 2006 13:27:04 -0000 I am using rsync for syncing fwo hard disk(with all the files or make it ho= t backup) and must say rsync is perfect.. It will save you a lot of time. On 5/2/06, dick hoogendijk wrote: > > I have two disks; one is the fbsd system drive, the other is for backup > purposes. > > I'm in doubt about what to use: dump or rsync > > I guess I can do something like: > mount /dev/ad1s3a /backup/root > mount /dev/ad1s3d /backup/var > mount /dev/ad1s3f /backup/usr > /usr/local/bin/rsync -avHxS --delete /usr /backup/usr > for /usr / and var > > OR > > #!/bin/sh > newfs /dev/ad0s3a > newfs /dev/ad0s3d > newfs /dev/ad0s3f > mount /dev/ad0s3a /backup/root > mount /dev/ad0s3d /backup/var > mount /dev/ad0s3f /backup/usr > (/sbin/dump -L -0f - /)|(cd /backup/root ; /sbin/restore -rf -) > (/sbin/dump -L -0f - /var)|(cd /backup/var ; /sbin/restore -rf -) > (/sbin/dump -L -0f - /usr)|(cd /backup/usr ; /sbin/restore -rf -) > umount /backup/root > umount /backup/var > umount /backup/usr > tunefs -n enable /dev/ad0s3d > tunefs -n enable /dev/ad0s3f > > This gives me a perfect copy, BUT there is a risk if something goes > wrong when I have newfs'd the backup drive. > > Any advice? > > -- > dick -- http://nagual.st/ -- PGP/GnuPG key: F86289CE > ++ Running FreeBSD 6.1 ++ The Power to Serve > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to " > freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >