Date: Wed, 23 Nov 2005 00:44:29 -0500 From: "matt ." <fasterdisco@gmail.com> To: Jerry McAllister <jerrymc@clunix.cl.msu.edu> Cc: Jean-Paul Natola <jnatola@familycareintl.org>, questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Dump Help Message-ID: <a97e11c20511222144r7d516399k678e952a8641de5@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <200511221809.jAMI9MIa008261@clunix.cl.msu.edu> References: <3A85D7EF44E1C744BF6434691F5659E9622EEC@fci-ex.FCI> <200511221809.jAMI9MIa008261@clunix.cl.msu.edu>
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Oops, Sorry Jerry - accidentally sent this to only yourself.... Anyway, this is for Jean-Paul, Investigate g4u (Ghost 4 Unix) to accomplish your goal. I've used this handly little utility to dump entire 110GB HD's over ftp bit by bit. Find it here: http://www.feyrer.de/g4u/ Kind regards, Matt Best On 11/22/05, Jerry McAllister <jerrymc@clunix.cl.msu.edu> wrote: > > > > > > > > > Jean-Paul Natola > > > > Network Administrator > > > > Information Technology > > > > Family Care International > > > > 588 Broadway Suite 503 > > > > New York, NY 10012 > > > > Phone:212-941-5300 xt 36 > > > > Fax: 212-941-5563 > > > > Mailto: Jnatola@Familycareintl.org > > > > > > > Well I would think I would want all my configuration files, for the mai= n > > applications EXIM CLAM ETC, so that when I reinstalled via ftp or cd, = I > > don't have to go in and make the changes to say , the exim cf file, th= e > > custom rules I have for SA etc,, > > > > I do believe the bulk would be in /usr/local > > > > Well, that isn't much in size terms. A lot of that would > be in either /etc or /usr/local/etc. You could also dump > root which is not big or make a little script that copies > the config files you want that are not already in one of the > dumped filesystems, over to some special space in one of > those dumped filesystems. Then, if you ever need to recover > them, they would be in a convenient place. > > That would be more likely needed after tinkering with them > than from a system failure anyway. So, having a copy living > somewhere convenient that does not require a restore could > come in handy as well. > > ////jerry > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to " > freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >
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