Unless you have a very odd version of Linux, the terminal output is NOT
stored there. It's a device file. In fact, backing it up would actually
be dangerous to your health (or at least your system's health) because
on restore, you would end up deleting a device and replacing it with an
ordinary
On Mon, Jan 19, 2009 at 11:41 AM, Alan Brown wrote:
> On Mon, 12 Jan 2009, Stefan Sorin Nicolin wrote:
>
>> I have yet another exclusive configuration need. I'd like to back up a
>> file _without_ it's contents. I noticed that under Gentoo Linux /dev/
>> tty12 takes a lot of useless space.
>
> Why
On Mon, 12 Jan 2009, Stefan Sorin Nicolin wrote:
> I have yet another exclusive configuration need. I'd like to back up a
> file _without_ it's contents. I noticed that under Gentoo Linux /dev/
> tty12 takes a lot of useless space.
Why are you backing up /dev/ at all? Isn't it a devfs on Gentoo?
On Tue, Jan 13, 2009 at 10:10 AM, Stefan Sorin Nicolin
wrote:
> Thanks for the pointer.
> I see this behavior an 20+ virtualized Gentoo installations (XEN domains).
> I'll chech it.
>
Oh. In the visualized guests you should disable the output to the
console instead. I had to do that with openvz.
Thanks for the pointer.
I see this behavior an 20+ virtualized Gentoo installations (XEN
domains). I'll chech it.
Stefan
On 13.01.2009, at 14:26, John Drescher wrote:
>> And also /dev/tty12 on my system is not a large file just a device
>> node.
>>
>> jmd0 john # ls -al /dev/tty12 -al
>> crw
> And also /dev/tty12 on my system is not a large file just a device node.
>
> jmd0 john # ls -al /dev/tty12 -al
> crw--- 1 root root 4, 12 Jan 13 08:09 /dev/tty12
>
One more comment about this.
Do you have console output when you hit ctrl-alt-f12
if you do not I see the problem. The proble
On Tue, Jan 13, 2009 at 8:08 AM, John Drescher wrote:
>> What I ment was excluding the _contents_ of a file. I want to keep
>> everything else (filname, permissions and so on).
>>
>
> Just exclude that file totally. I guarantee gentoo will not care as I
> have booted many times in gentoo using my
> What I ment was excluding the _contents_ of a file. I want to keep
> everything else (filname, permissions and so on).
>
Just exclude that file totally. I guarantee gentoo will not care as I
have booted many times in gentoo using my home made live cds without
/dev/tty12
John
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On 13.01.2009, at 13:48, John Drescher wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 13, 2009 at 7:22 AM, Stefan Sorin Nicolin
> wrote:
>> Thank you for your responses.
>> Somehow I get the feeling that excluding a single file's contents
>> is way
>> easier than risking a failed restore. Since I don't mind the few
>
On Tue, Jan 13, 2009 at 7:22 AM, Stefan Sorin Nicolin
wrote:
> Thank you for your responses.
> Somehow I get the feeling that excluding a single file's contents is way
> easier than risking a failed restore. Since I don't mind the few MBs in /dev
> (except the hunderts of MBs in /dev/tty12) I'll s
Thank you for your responses.
Somehow I get the feeling that excluding a single file's contents is
way easier than risking a failed restore. Since I don't mind the few
MBs in /dev (except the hunderts of MBs in /dev/tty12) I'll submit a
feature request regarding this issue. Who knows - it mig
>> Have you tested a restore? If you are restoring to 'baremetal', then you
>> might actually need something in /dev before udev starts, which is a bit
>> tricky as it's 'under' udev...
>
> Not necessarily. If you're doing a baremetal restore, you already have to
> have to boot some minimum OS bef
James Harper wrote:
>> Stefan Sorin Nicolin wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I have yet another exclusive configuration need. I'd like to back up
> a
>>> file _without_ it's contents. I noticed that under Gentoo Linux
> /dev/
>>> tty12 takes a lot of useless space. The terminal output is stored
>>> there - s
On Mon, Jan 12, 2009 at 6:03 PM, James Harper
wrote:
>> Stefan Sorin Nicolin wrote:
>> > Hi,
>> >
>> > I have yet another exclusive configuration need. I'd like to back up
> a
>> > file _without_ it's contents. I noticed that under Gentoo Linux
> /dev/
>> > tty12 takes a lot of useless space. The
> Stefan Sorin Nicolin wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I have yet another exclusive configuration need. I'd like to back up
a
> > file _without_ it's contents. I noticed that under Gentoo Linux
/dev/
> > tty12 takes a lot of useless space. The terminal output is stored
> > there - somethig that I can very w
On Mon, Jan 12, 2009 at 1:36 PM, Stefan Sorin Nicolin
wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have yet another exclusive configuration need. I'd like to back up a
> file _without_ it's contents. I noticed that under Gentoo Linux /dev/
> tty12 takes a lot of useless space. The terminal output is stored
> there - someth
Hi,
12.01.2009 19:36, Stefan Sorin Nicolin wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have yet another exclusive configuration need. I'd like to back up a
> file _without_ it's contents. I noticed that under Gentoo Linux /dev/
> tty12 takes a lot of useless space. The terminal output is stored
> there - somethig th
Stefan Sorin Nicolin wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have yet another exclusive configuration need. I'd like to back up a
> file _without_ it's contents. I noticed that under Gentoo Linux /dev/
> tty12 takes a lot of useless space. The terminal output is stored
> there - somethig that I can very well live
Hi,
I have yet another exclusive configuration need. I'd like to back up a
file _without_ it's contents. I noticed that under Gentoo Linux /dev/
tty12 takes a lot of useless space. The terminal output is stored
there - somethig that I can very well live without in case I have to
restore a s
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