Date: Sun, 1 Dec 2002 17:11:20 +0000 From: K.Oikonomakos@brad.ac.uk To: Conrad Sabatier <conrads@cox.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: dump/restore after filesystem layout changes Message-ID: <20021201171120.GA550@brad.ac.uk> In-Reply-To: <XFMail.20021201104058.conrads@cox.net> References: <XFMail.20021201104058.conrads@cox.net>
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On Sun, Dec 01, 2002 at 10:40:58AM -0600, Conrad Sabatier wrote: > First of all, I just gotta say: ATAPICAM rocks!!! I can now use my ATAPI > CD burner with dump/restore! Awesome!!! > > Ok, now on to my question: I'd like to do a full backup on each of my > filesystems, zap all the partitions and do a new fdisk/disklabel with more > filesystems than I'm currently using. For example, create a new /home > partition instead of using a symlink in / to /usr/home. > > I'm just wondering if this will present any problems when restoring from > backups. I can't seem to glean this information from the man pages. Well it is going to work as long as the directory structure is not changed. But you will have to be extra carefull with your permissions when you backup/restore your files. (what are you going to use for backup? dump/restore?) > > Thanks! > > -- > Conrad Sabatier <conrads@cox.net> > Kyriakos To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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