Date: Fri, 27 Dec 2002 10:31:21 +1030 From: Greg 'groggy' Lehey <grog@FreeBSD.org> To: Hari Bhaskaran <subscr@spider.netmails.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ghost-ing a ufs+vinum disk Message-ID: <20021227000121.GA59463@wantadilla.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <20021225220748.A22655@spider.netmails.net> References: <20021225112256.A21354@spider.netmails.net> <20021226031058.GB34497@wantadilla.lemis.com> <20021225220748.A22655@spider.netmails.net>
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On Wednesday, 25 December 2002 at 22:07:48 -0600, Hari Bhaskaran wrote: > On Thu, Dec 26, 2002 at 01:40:58PM +1030, Greg 'groggy' Lehey wrote: >>> >>> I am looking for a method to dump my 'current' installation >>> (which includes couple of vinum volumes + some other normal >>> UFS partitions) to another machine where I have access to >> >> What's wrong with tar? > > I was trying to find a way to 'snapshot' my installation > (including partitions, vinum configuration etc), so that > I can return to the same state later if I mess something > up (without re-running the installer again) The Vinum configuration is stored on the drives themselves. If you want a copy, use the vinum dumpconfig command. Apart from that, what's wrong with tar? Greg -- When replying to this message, please copy the original recipients. If you don't, I may ignore the reply or reply to the original recipients. For more information, see http://www.lemis.com/questions.html See complete headers for address and phone numbers To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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