In the last episode (Mar 10), dick hoogendijk said:
> Using dump to make a full level 0 backup of my system to another
> harddisk in case of a crash. If needed I want to restore the dumps
> and have a fully working system back.
>
> Question: do I have to make the dumps *single* mode or can I just do
> it from a running system?
You can do it from a running system, but be aware that there is a
chance that files (or directories) modified during the backup will get
lost. I usually kill all remote logins, inetd, cron, sendmail, and
anything else with a listening TCP socket before doing my backups.
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Dan Nelson
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