koitsu
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join:2002-07-16
Mountain View, CA
| reply to fcisler
Re: FreeBSD backup complete system
Be aware of problems with dump on UFS2 filesystems -- see section "dump/restore": »wiki.freebsd.org/JeremyChadwick/···d_issues
Don't say I didn't warn you.
Consider using something like rsnapshot instead, but be aware if you have any programs that rely on file mtimes for importance (such as classic UNIX mbox mail), these will be stomped/lost.
Finally, I don't know what your big focus is with ISO images, but I would recommend you stop with it. It's not a format that is often focused upon when doing backups or snapshots, so you'll be going to great lengths to make unnecessary ISO images. You can use any of the above solutions with ssh, or dumping directly to a USB hard disk (but be aware there are problems with the USB stack on FreeBSD as well). You might be better off with a standard hard disk hooked up to something like this, which is connected to your PC via a eSATA or SATA port. It's going to be loads faster, and won't use the USB stack.
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fcisler
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Riverhead, NY
| thanks deblin and koitsu.
I don't have anything that relies upon mtimes AFAIK, but a good thing to know.
I didn't have a fascination with ISO, I just figured it was a generic file type/container that people would know. Mainly what I wanted was a single file for the entire hard drive - hence ISO.
I think i'm going to go the route of pulling the HD and using acronis. I don't have to back it up that often. Thanks. |
