Date: Sat, 7 Sep 2019 09:26:19 -0400 From: Robert Huff <roberthuff@rcn.com> To: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> Cc: "\@lbutlr" <kremels@kreme.com>, Aleksandr via freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Convert MBR Partitions to GPT Message-ID: <23923.45051.978504.460179@jerusalem.litteratus.org> In-Reply-To: <20190907144659.33354f88.freebsd@edvax.de> References: <1ef6d7eb-a7c9-2a5d-12b2-20c4ef255523@wavecable.com> <20190902133941.e563291f.freebsd@edvax.de> <0e0c086c-a907-d224-98b8-9486d921e7a5@wavecable.com> <20190902141116.264edd01.freebsd@edvax.de> <88cabc53-eff5-3e1a-6e77-2d86da2b8c8d@wavecable.com> <20190902164836.98486301.freebsd@edvax.de> <c071bbe0-75dd-7ab3-1a05-e965969bb299@wavecable.com> <20190906132003.a0e2c6a0.freebsd@edvax.de> <C7372CDC-871E-4E2F-86C1-6EF3EA1F9CD9@kreme.com> <20190906234411.9aba1e00.freebsd@edvax.de> <668AE706-2B7D-40F9-B88A-208797D419BB@kreme.com> <20190907144659.33354f88.freebsd@edvax.de>
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Polytropon writes: > > The defaults are always going to annoy some people. I=E2=80=99d sa= y using dump > > for backup seems like it=E2=80=99s pretty much and edge case these= days. > =20 > I wouldn't say that. Over the years, I've encountered many settings > where there's more than only one partition per disk, and several > disks in a system, and backing up data partition-wise is very > convenient. =09If I remember correctly ... =09There is a paper out there - now somewhat old but I believe available on-line - that compares various backup/restore methods for UNIXish systems. =09The conclusion was: many things can work for specific needs, but dump/restore is the only one that does the comnplete job every time. =09<racks brain> I =5Fthink=5F the author was Elizabeth Zwicky. =09=09=09Respectfully, =09=09=09=09Robert Huff
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