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Date:      Sun, 31 May 2009 11:24:40 +0200
From:      Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de>
To:        Wojciech Puchar <wojtek@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl>
Cc:        Glen Barber <glen.j.barber@gmail.com>, "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: Deinstall software
Message-ID:  <20090531112440.1c535685.freebsd@edvax.de>
In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.00.0905311115310.23493@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl>
References:  <C3DDA6CB-4E31-46E4-856C-0020C47A6351@amobos.org> <alpine.BSF.2.00.0905302117400.19810@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> <20090530213535.f117d3a3.freebsd@edvax.de> <4ad871310905301555k68cb3acekb488852142bd02aa@mail.gmail.com> <20090531012203.ac9e5f67.freebsd@edvax.de> <alpine.BSF.2.00.0905311028270.23127@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> <20090531104713.4412726b.freebsd@edvax.de> <alpine.BSF.2.00.0905311048240.23127@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> <20090531110847.3df9d2db.freebsd@edvax.de> <alpine.BSF.2.00.0905311115310.23493@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl>

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On Sun, 31 May 2009 11:19:10 +0200 (CEST), Wojciech Puchar <wojtek@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> wrote:
> For me it never succeeded, even if it dumps successfully produced output 
> could be unrestorable.
> 
> After getting this twice i stayed away from this great (but nonworking) 
> tool. Backup tool that are not 100% sure is not a backup tool.
> 
> with tar, rsync, whatever - partitioning no longer matters as they work on 
> file/directory abstraction level.


I've recently discovered cpdup on another UFS formatted HDD for
this job. Until now, works good.

I just prefer dump + restore for "cloning" systems because it
explicitely takes care of file attributes and anything; I do use
it usually from hard disk to hard disk, not via storage media
(backup set).


-- 
Polytropon
>From Magdeburg, Germany
Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0
Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...



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