Date: Fri, 6 Sep 2019 23:44:11 +0200 From: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> To: "@lbutlr" <kremels@kreme.com> Cc: Aleksandr via freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Convert MBR Partitions to GPT Message-ID: <20190906234411.9aba1e00.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <C7372CDC-871E-4E2F-86C1-6EF3EA1F9CD9@kreme.com> 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>
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On Fri, 6 Sep 2019 12:25:21 -0600, @lbutlr wrote: > On 6 Sep 2019, at 05:20, Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> wrote: > > Now, journaling tends to cause problems when using dump to backup > > data partition-wise (e. g., "dump -0Lauf /mnt/rootfs.dmp /dev/ada0p2”). > > I’m not sure that is a problem with journaling as opposed to a problem > with dump. I'm not primarily complaining about the problems between journaling and dump, I'm complaining because the _choice_ is gone (or at least choice now requires additional booting and fiddling with what has been possible with ye olde sysinstall for decades). > Pick one fo the following: > > 1. Journaling and rsync/tar/etc > 2. ZFS Journaling/snapshots and dump to your heart's content > 3. Use an older disk format This is not always possible. Imagine a setting where you need to introduce a new UFS-based system to a conglomerate where dumps are obtained automatically at runtime. None (!) of the things listed above is a solution. -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...
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