On Wed, 2011-02-02 at 14:02 -0700, Corey Edwards wrote: > On 02/02/2011 01:59 PM, Stuart Jansen wrote: > > On Wed, 2011-02-02 at 13:42 -0700, Michael Peterson wrote: > >> dd if=/dev/sda1 of=~/image > > > > Only safe for a cold backup after booting off DVD. > > Or if you freeze the filesystem with LVM or XFS.
You mean snapshot? I'd have to know more about the system. Probably safe for a lightly used e-mail server, no way it's sufficient with a busy database server. /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
