Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2000 10:13:45 -0700 From: R Joseph Wright <rjoseph@mammalia.org> To: freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: unrelated: mountpoints and backup strategies Message-ID: <20000912101345.A1600@mammalia.org> In-Reply-To: <20000912122149.A81543@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org>; from jcm@FreeBSD-uk.eu.org on Tue, Sep 12, 2000 at 12:21:49PM %2B0100 References: <20000911145420.B69890@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> <20000911231140.F69158@149.211.6.64.reflexcom.com> <20000912122149.A81543@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org>
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And j mckitrick spoke: > On Mon, Sep 11, 2000 at 11:11:40PM -0700, Crist J . Clark wrote: > > I want to backup my main drive to the zip. > > | # dump -ua0f /zip/root.0.dmp / > > Ah, yes, this is starting to look like a solution. > > | > I don't have a tape, and i don't want to dump all of /etc and /home, since a > | > lot of that would be unnecessary for a system restore, and also > | > wastes time. > | > | Uhhh... /etc is one of the most critical things to backup. That's what > > I meant I didn't want *all* of /etc, like the periodic directory, which > looks huge, and could just be reinstalled if necessary. > /etc is small. On my system it is the size of a floppy disk. It would be more trouble to back up only part of it than the whole thing. Joseph To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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