From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Dec 5 17:26:14 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1BDB016A418 for ; Wed, 5 Dec 2007 17:26:14 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from philip@ridecharge.com) Received: from exhub015-2.exch015.msoutlookonline.net (exhub015-2.exch015.msoutlookonline.net [207.5.72.94]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 088BC13C457 for ; Wed, 5 Dec 2007 17:26:12 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from philip@ridecharge.com) Received: from philip.hq.rws (74.93.213.161) by smtpx15.msoutlookonline.net (207.5.72.103) with Microsoft SMTP Server (TLS) id 8.0.744.0; Wed, 5 Dec 2007 09:26:11 -0800 Message-ID: <4756DF32.9080904@riderway.com> Date: Wed, 5 Dec 2007 12:26:10 -0500 From: "Philip M. Gollucci" Organization: Riderway Inc. User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.6 (X11/20070919) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "jamesh@lanl.gov" References: <539c60b90712041638s78b4e40fn67434f2dce5e27e7@mail.gmail.com> <20071205154148.GB21074@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> <1196874620.32615.15.camel@p25dual1.lanl.gov> In-Reply-To: <1196874620.32615.15.camel@p25dual1.lanl.gov> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Jerry McAllister , Steve Franks , User Questions Subject: Re: copying just / (not /tmp, /usr, etc) (rsync -x failed) 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: Wed, 05 Dec 2007 17:26:14 -0000 James Harrison wrote: > Everyone's recommending dump/restore for copying file systems, and > there's something that I've never really been clear on. > > The nice thing about rsync is that it's network aware. Can dump dump a > file system across a network? You could probably use ssh as a transport. -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Philip M. Gollucci (philip@ridecharge.com) o:703.549.2050x206 Senior System Admin - Riderway, Inc. http://riderway.com / http://ridecharge.com 1024D/EC88A0BF 0DE5 C55C 6BF3 B235 2DAB B89E 1324 9B4F EC88 A0BF Work like you don't need the money, love like you'll never get hurt, and dance like nobody's watching.