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From: Victor Sudakov <vas@mpeks.tomsk.su>
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Subject: Re: Problems with dump and restore
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Roland Smith wrote:
> 
> No, I use SU+J. But I do dumps from single user mode on unmounted or read-only
> filesystems so snapshots aren't used. And every month or so I run a *full*
> fsck before making the dumps.

Not everyone can afford the luxury of a regular downtime to perform
the backups.

BTW I already raised this question years ago without any useful
result:
http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-questions/2007-August/155014.html

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Victor Sudakov 
Tomsk, Russia
Russian Barefoot FAQ at http://www.barefooters.ru/barefoot.txt