Date: Sat, 31 May 2003 20:34:37 +1000 (EST) From: <keith@smmc.qld.edu.au> To: <grog@FreeBSD.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Help..can I use DUMP? my drive is dying - VINUM ? Message-ID: <2005.203.220.89.187.1054377277.squirrel@localhost.smmc.qld.edu.au> In-Reply-To: <20030531062242.GI56538@wantadilla.lemis.com> References: <1328.203.220.203.26.1054352389.squirrel@localhost.smmc.qld.edu.au> <20030531062242.GI56538@wantadilla.lemis.com>
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But Greg...you wrote VINUM - spriuk a bit I reckon! Yeah look the name of "some util" escapes me but it copies blok by blok off to an ftp server (German origin I think). I used fsck to check things out but no errors are reported so I can't say why the "some util " wouldn't restore the /usr/local slice. My main hassle is very poor disk slice design/forethought space wise. I have a huge home partition that is not used because this mail server uses qmail/vpop toaster(thanks Matt S) /var heaps. Don't ant to patch symlinks all over the shop, and I am a no nothing on how to resize (if it is possible) and swap reports getswapspacefailed a lot under load. Hrrummph! I figure a dump, rebuild (with vinum mirror bootstapped) and restore might help but the mote I think hte more I think ??? Thanks Keith > On Saturday, 31 May 2003 at 13:39:49 +1000, keith@smmc.qld.edu.au wrote: >> I have a one and only drive dying on a server (OK - to use vinum is to >> be smarter than I am). Anyways I have unsuccessfully tried to image >> the drive using some util that is recommended (?) Can I dump the >> slices to a remote machine, install 2 new drives follow the tute to >> bootstrap vinum then restore the remote saved slices to the various >> slice/partitions? In a bind(4) here! anyone clue me in please? > > That depends on what's wrong with your disk and why your first "some > util" attempt failed. Vinum isn't a disk recovery tool, nor is it > particularly for that purpose, so there's no particular reason to > assume it will work better than your "some util". Of course, if you > give some details, somebody may be able to help you. > > 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
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