Date: Wed, 03 Sep 2003 13:12:25 GMT From: Mark <admin@asarian-host.net> To: "Vincent Poy" <vince@oahu.WURLDLINK.NET>, "Mike Tancsa" <mike@sentex.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Ghost for FreeBSD Message-ID: <200309031312.H83DCO2K062567@asarian-host.net> References: <20030903021608.B64375-100000@oahu.WURLDLINK.NET>
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----- Original Message ----- From: "Vincent Poy" <vince@oahu.WURLDLINK.NET> To: "Mike Tancsa" <mike@sentex.net> Cc: <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Sent: Wednesday, September 03, 2003 2:22 PM Subject: Re: Ghost for FreeBSD > cd /mnt/root > /sbin/dump -L -f- /|restore -rf- > cd /mnt/var > /sbin/dump -L -f- /var|restore -rf- > cd /mnt/usr > /sbin/dump -L -f- /usr|restore -rf- I have heard this before, but I never understand this part. :) How does creating a /mnt/root directory, and restoring in that directory get my / slice back? Then the restored data will just sit in /mnt/root! What good does it there? Or should I create /mnt/root as partition, about equal in size to the root partition, and then restore therein, and do the old switcheroo in /etc/fstab later, to make it the root partion? I have successfully restored /var and /usr, on occasion; but that is rather easy, as they can be unmounted. With the root partition, that is not possible, of course. Short of having to switch cables on harddisks, is there a software method that will allow me to restore/switch the root partion? Thanks! - Mark
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