Date: Mon, 13 Aug 2007 23:03:35 +0200 From: Roland Smith <rsmith@xs4all.nl> To: Mary Evans <mary.e@swbell.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Three things . . . Message-ID: <20070813210335.GA42756@slackbox.xs4all.nl> In-Reply-To: <525534.79087.qm@web82505.mail.mud.yahoo.com> References: <525534.79087.qm@web82505.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
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--0OAP2g/MAC+5xKAE Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-15 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Mon, Aug 13, 2007 at 12:51:09PM -0700, Mary Evans wrote: > 2: I'm now pouring over everything I can find about making a reliable > backup I've just gotten FBSD 6.2 installed with the minimum of my > favorite utilities and programs. I want to save the configuration as > it is so that . . . Very wise! The best backup for UFS filesystems is dump(8). The restore(8) program is used to restore things. This is the only program that can save and restore all features of UFS filesystem (flags, ACLs etc). And they're available on all FreeBSD boot CDs, so you don't need to install a base system and a slew of ports just to restore your backups. :-) Depending on the size of your filesystems, you can burn the backup to a CD or DVD, or you can save it to e.g. a USB harddisk. You can gzip the dumps, but unless you're strapped for space I wouldn't bother. Note that there are are several things that don't need dumping, like /tmp, /dev, /usr/ports/distfiles. See =A716.12 of the Handbook on backups, and http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/freebsd/index.html#backups for a more in-depth explanation of how I make backups. Roland --=20 R.F.Smith http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/ [plain text _non-HTML_ PGP/GnuPG encrypted/signed email much appreciated] pgp: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 (KeyID: C321A725) --0OAP2g/MAC+5xKAE Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.4 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFGwMcnEnfvsMMhpyURAmEVAJ9H5Dhb38EzuCwirml/f+KRCz9CpgCfVfup Qc39Qn6eWQAoeWJyDjuwS7w= =aM3n -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --0OAP2g/MAC+5xKAE--
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