Date: Thu, 23 Apr 2015 14:19:52 -0453 From: "William A. Mahaffey III" <wam@hiwaay.net> To: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: ufs snapshot help Message-ID: <55394461.50202@hiwaay.net> In-Reply-To: <CAHu1Y71fBpqH0n%2Bvt0-FScA=gf0bLkSxKLKBenR8wUu0uMT1zA@mail.gmail.com> References: <CAKE2PDuSGsrf7mHfd2zo-BJAhsOL4KDKTmdROBwtJKeFrvWCBw@mail.gmail.com> <CAKoxK%2B7brXXBE=JxPQHm06a2SEMiGC7k3eF95o7aQ90Hi__3Fg@mail.gmail.com> <CAKE2PDudJ57mWhPKU7XhEz85QG1Gywxt8U=sW1i7T6Nf269h3g@mail.gmail.com> <CAHu1Y71fBpqH0n%2Bvt0-FScA=gf0bLkSxKLKBenR8wUu0uMT1zA@mail.gmail.com>
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On 04/23/15 13:04, Michael Sierchio wrote: > Also, by default, S+J is enabled. Journaling is incompatible with > snapshots. > > - M > > On Thu, Apr 23, 2015 at 10:38 AM, jungle Boogie <jungleboogie0@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> Hi Luca, >> On 23 April 2015 at 02:27, Luca Ferrari <fluca1978@infinito.it> wrote: >>> On Thu, Apr 23, 2015 at 6:08 AM, jungle Boogie <jungleboogie0@gmail.com> >> wrote: >>>> While zfs is the better choice for virtually everything, I can't quite >>>> support it on my old hardware--plus I want to learn the basics. >>>> >>> That is: ZFS is not for good for all! >>> >>>> Following this simple page: >>>> https://www.freebsd.org/doc/handbook/snapshots.html >>>> >>>> # mount -u -o snapshot /var/snapshot/snap /var >>>> mount: /var/snapshot/snap: Invalid argument >>> I suspect you are trying to snapshot a filesystem that does not exist. >>> Do you have a separate filesystem for /var? >>> >> >> You're correct. New installs of FreeBSD don't seem to setup separate >> partitions. Did they ever? >> >>> Luca >> >> >> -- >> ------- >> inum: 883510009027723 >> sip: jungleboogie@sip2sip.info >> xmpp: jungle-boogie@jit.si I thought S+J (soft-updates + Journaling) was incompatible in general, it think it was as of last summer when I was getting this box up & running .... 9.3R, BTW .... -- William A. Mahaffey III ---------------------------------------------------------------------- "The M1 Garand is without doubt the finest implement of war ever devised by man." -- Gen. George S. Patton Jr.
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