On Fri, Nov 15, 2002 at 02:25:02AM +0100, Mark typed: > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Matthew Emmerton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "R. Zoontjens" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Thursday, November 14, 2002 12:54 AM > Subject: Re: restore question > > > > > > On Wed, 13 Nov 2002, Mark wrote: > > > > > > > > > Worse even, how do I safely restore the "/" filesystem? > > > > > (should it ever become corrupted). > > The reason I originally asked, is that I am building a new FreeBSD 4.7 > server, in a test environment, which I then, when it is done, want to > migrate to the "real" server. > > I really wish there was something like GHOST I could use for FreeBSD. I > mean, just a prog that will make an image of the entire disk, that can be > restored as an image. And I'm surprised, actually, that I cannot find such a > program. While readily available for the "home" market, you would think that > a need existed for servers too to have the ability to make image backups. > Apart from migratory reasons, it would make a full restore a lot easier when > I would just lose the then minutes or so restoring a GHOST image in case of > a calamity, instead of the painstaking process of what basically boils down > to doing a complete new install, spanning at least several hours.
The traditional way to backup and restore filesystems in Unix has allways been dump(8) and restore(8). > > - Mark > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
