Date: Sun, 30 Dec 2007 13:09:11 -0700 From: "Darren Spruell" <phatbuckett@gmail.com> To: robert@webtent.com Cc: FreeBSD <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Imaging to new system Message-ID: <839aec700712301209i7fa4af45q48ccb02c266b38a4@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <1199040464.7325.38.camel@columbus.webtent.org> References: <1199037275.7325.17.camel@columbus.webtent.org> <839aec700712301010i278cbefcsd2ccd24179468ce4@mail.gmail.com> <1199040464.7325.38.camel@columbus.webtent.org>
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On Dec 30, 2007 11:47 AM, Robert Fitzpatrick <lists@webtent.net> wrote: > > Running dump(8) and restore(8) would allow you to back up and restore > > your system. > > > > http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=dump > > http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=restore > > > > This is typically used with tape, although you can dump to disk as well. > > > > If your data/system is critical, you ought to already have some backup > > strategy you could restore the system from to your new RAID. If not, > > you might put one in place (RAID != backups). > > Yes, of course, we have data backup and can restore after reinstalling > everything, but I was looking for a complete system restore option. I'll > look into these docs, thanks. There is no tape system, so I guess the > only hope is if it can be dumped and restored from an NFS drive. From > looking at the docs, it does appear this is possible, as long as the > data in on a fs mounted by fstab? Can be data on a mounted fs or an umounted filesystem altogether: 'files-to-dump' is either a mountpoint of a filesystem or a list of files and directories on a single filesystem to be backed up as a subset of the filesystem. In the former case, either the path to a mounted filesystem or the device of an unmounted filesystem can be used. (dump(8)) DS
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