On Tue, Jun 01, 2004 at 10:26:57AM -0400, Jon LaBadie wrote: > If [...] you tell amanda to use a version of dump, those programs > generally work at the device level (even when told to work on a > mount point) and should be able to backup umounted partitions.
To add a bit more detail, dump does this by understanding the file-system data structures, just about as intimately as the kernel file-system code does. Every file-system type needs its own specific pair of "dump" and "restore" programs if you want to back up unmounted partitions. Which is why using dump instead of gtar does *not* get you this: > On Mon, May 31, 2004 at 09:14:16PM -0700, gen2 wrote: > > Seems like this would be the way to back up a partition regardless of > > formatting (like an HFS+ or NT part, which is really what I'm after). -- | | /\ |-_|/ > Eric Siegerman, Toronto, Ont. [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | / It must be said that they would have sounded better if the singer wouldn't throw his fellow band members to the ground and toss the drum kit around during songs. - Patrick Lenneau