Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2006 19:42:28 +0200 (CEST) From: Wojciech Puchar <wojtek@tensor.3miasto.net> To: Jerry McAllister <jerrymc@msu.edu> Cc: Jim Stapleton <stapleton.41@gmail.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Backing up SOHO server Message-ID: <20061023194154.P96174@chylonia.3miasto.net> In-Reply-To: <20061023150801.GD78729@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> References: <1b6a9c1b5cb2.1b5cb21b6a9c@reyrey.net> <80f4f2b20610221232m192b7d3di7b0ccefce22cd57f@mail.gmail.com> <20061023150801.GD78729@gizmo.acns.msu.edu>
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>> Hmm, not familiar with "dump" or "restore", but what I would suggest, >> is when you can get some down time, boot from a live cd, and using a >> dd/bzip2/split combo (or any other method of your choice), make a >> backup image of the drive as well, If you get a new drive with the >> same size/etc, it'll massively speed up the reinstall phase. When you >> recover, all you need is cat/bunzip2/dd to do the restore. It's quite >> a bit faster than a reinstall, especially if you compile your own apps >> - it saved me a lot of time when my notebook died. > > Really, using dump/restore is a much better method. > Stick with it. > old tools is usually the best tools.
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