From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Nov 22 15:08:39 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: 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 A6CD016A420 for ; Tue, 22 Nov 2005 15:08:39 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from jerrymc@clunix.cl.msu.edu) Received: from clunix.cl.msu.edu (clunix.cl.msu.edu [35.9.2.10]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 11BD143DBD for ; Tue, 22 Nov 2005 15:08:15 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from jerrymc@clunix.cl.msu.edu) Received: from clunix.cl.msu.edu (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by clunix.cl.msu.edu (8.12.10+Sun/8.12.2) with ESMTP id jAMF7n38007661; Tue, 22 Nov 2005 10:07:49 -0500 (EST) Received: (from jerrymc@localhost) by clunix.cl.msu.edu (8.12.10+Sun/8.12.2/Submit) id jAMF7nde007660; Tue, 22 Nov 2005 10:07:49 -0500 (EST) From: Jerry McAllister Message-Id: <200511221507.jAMF7nde007660@clunix.cl.msu.edu> To: jnatola@familycareintl.org (Jean-Paul Natola) Date: Tue, 22 Nov 2005 10:07:49 -0500 (EST) In-Reply-To: <3A85D7EF44E1C744BF6434691F5659E9622ED3@fci-ex.FCI> X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.5 PL7] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Dump Help 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, 22 Nov 2005 15:08:39 -0000 > > Hi all, > > I'm trying to utilize dump to copy the entire disc to a network drive , so > that in the event of hardware failure I can just restore to a new machine > > Here's the output of df > Filesystem Size Used Avail Capacity Mounted on > /dev/ad0s1a 248M 35M 193M 15% / > devfs 1.0K 1.0K 0B 100% /dev > /dev/ad0s1e 248M 12K 228M 0% /tmp > /dev/ad0s1f 4.9G 651M 3.8G 14% /usr > /dev/ad0s1d 248M 59M 169M 26% /var > devfs 1.0K 1.0K 0B 100% /var/named/dev > total 5.6G 745M 4.4G 14% > > here's the command I ran > > dump / -0aL -f /usr/home/H/bsd_bkp/1116 / > > it runs well it says dump complete > > but my file only turns out to be 37,314,560 bytes > > what am I missing , Ideally I would like ( I think I would at least) the > WHOLE disk to be backed up.... The dump utility backs up by file system, not by drive. You told it to back up the '/' file system and it apparently did. (That was that final '/' in your command line. I don't think the first '/' belongs there unless it is something odd that I have been missing - so I think the command should read: dump -0aLf /usr/home/H/bsd_bkp/1116 / that is if '/usr/home/H/bsd_bkp/1116' is really the correct place to write the dump file)_ You then may also want to run dump for /usr and /var. That would get the rest of the drive that is meaningful. You probably don't want to bother with /tmp though you could. ////jerry > > Freebsd 5.4 > > > > > > > Jean-Paul Natola > Network Administrator > Information Technology > Family Care International > 588 Broadway Suite 503 > New York, NY 10012 > Phone:212-941-5300 xt 36 > Fax: 212-941-5563 > Mailto: Jnatola@Familycareintl.org > _______________________________________________ > 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" > >