Re: dumping file system subtree (/var)

2012-06-17 Thread Wojciech Puchar
alternatively - use tar. What I was trying to achieve, which I haven't done yet, was a smallish dump of the "core system". By that I mean system + ports, without distfiles, etc. Then a separate dump of user data, which is considerably larger. At this point I am thinking I should do this:

Re: dumping file system subtree (/var)

2012-06-16 Thread Gary Aitken
On 06/16/12 10:19, Wojciech Puchar wrote: >> When I originally set up my SSD, the stuff I was following indicated there >> was no need to put anythng on a separate filesystem. I'm now trying to >> build a backup system on a usb drive and I want a separate /var and /tmp. >> >> I had originally se

Re: dumping file system subtree (/var)

2012-06-16 Thread Wojciech Puchar
When I originally set up my SSD, the stuff I was following indicated there was no need to put anythng on a separate filesystem. I'm now trying to build a backup system on a usb drive and I want a separate /var and /tmp. I had originally set the nodump flag on /tmp and /var, so my snapshot is e

Re: dumping file system subtree (/var)

2012-06-07 Thread Warren Block
On Thu, 7 Jun 2012, Gary Aitken wrote: When I originally set up my SSD, the stuff I was following indicated there was no need to put anythng on a separate filesystem. I'm now trying to build a backup system on a usb drive and I want a separate /var and /tmp. I had originally set the nodump

Re: dumping file system subtree (/var)

2012-06-07 Thread Bernt Hansson
2012-06-07 22:05, Gary Aitken skrev: When I originally set up my SSD, the stuff I was following indicated there was no need to put anythng on a separate filesystem. I'm now trying to build a backup system on a usb drive and I want a separate /var and /tmp. I had originally set the nodump flag

Re: dumping file system subtree (/var)

2012-06-07 Thread Mark Felder
Would rsync or cpdup from single user mode cover your needs? Should cover everything and then you can just reboot into your newly partitioned system. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-quest

dumping file system subtree (/var)

2012-06-07 Thread Gary Aitken
When I originally set up my SSD, the stuff I was following indicated there was no need to put anythng on a separate filesystem. I'm now trying to build a backup system on a usb drive and I want a separate /var and /tmp. I had originally set the nodump flag on /tmp and /var, so my snapshot is em