> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Simon Slater > Sent: Friday, May 20, 2005 1:09 PM > To: Stephan Wehner > Cc: misc@openbsd.org > Subject: Re: Safe development > > Using cvs to back up the system is going to be very > inefficient, especially with binary files. I'd suggest > going with your idea of a system snapshot before any > major system changes. A straightforward dump(8) and > restore(8) is easy to set up and your backed up data > can also be restored just by booting from any OpenBSD > CD providing it is stored on a local disk. > > I run the following script from the cron every Sunday > night so that I can always restore back to a few days > ago if the worst happens. (The /scratch partition is a > separate disk to the rest of the system) > > Works well enough for me. > > - Simon > > --- BEGIN --- > > #!/bin/sh > > dump -af - /dev/wd0a | gzip > > /scratch/backup/root.dump.gz > dump -af - /dev/ccd0a | gzip > > /scratch/backup/usr.dump.gz > dump -af - /dev/ccd0b | gzip > > /scratch/backup/var.dump.gz > dump -af - /dev/ccd0d | gzip > > /scratch/backup/home.dump.gz > dump -af - /dev/ccd0g | gzip > > /scratch/backup/cvs.dump.gz > > disklabel wd0 > /scratch/backup/disklabel_wd0.txt > disklabel wd1 > /scratch/backup/disklabel_wd1.txt > disklabel ccd0 > /scratch/backup/disklabel_ccd0.txt > > cp /etc/ccd.conf /scratch/backup > > dd if=/dev/rwd0a of=/dev/rwd1a bs=16b seek=1 skip=1 > conv=noerror > fsck -y /dev/rwd1a > > --- END --- >
Care to include the restore procedure you would use?
