Date: Wed, 03 Sep 2003 14:27:03 GMT From: Mark <admin@asarian-host.net> To: "Joshua Oreman" <oremanj@www.get-linux.org> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Ghost for FreeBSD Message-ID: <200309031427.H83ER32K066903@asarian-host.net> References: <20030903021608.B64375-100000@oahu.WURLDLINK.NET> <200309031312.H83DCO2K062567@asarian-host.net> <20030903141048.GC28275@webserver>
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----- Original Message ----- From: "Joshua Oreman" <oremanj@www.get-linux.org> To: "Mark" <admin@asarian-host.net> Cc: <questions@freebsd.org> Sent: Wednesday, September 03, 2003 4:08 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 > To mirror the root partition to another: > # mkdir /mnt/root > # mount /dev/<ROOT-MIRROR-DEV> /mnt/root > # cd /mnt/root > # /sbin/dump -f- / | restore -rf- > > You will not *need* to umount the root partition. Ok; what you have done is made a dump on the root mirror device; great! But how do I now tell FreeBSD to use that "restored" partition as /? Edit /etc/fstab to effect the change for the next boot? I have a nagging suspicion it will then still boot off the old / slice. - Mark
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