On Mon, Feb 05, 2007 at 12:06:05PM -0800, Aaron J. Grier wrote:
> On Sat, Feb 03, 2007 at 10:38:07AM -0600, Michael Parson wrote:
>> 1.  Backups.  Some of us still like to use dump/restore to backup our
>> systems.  Dump only operates on partitions/slices, so we break things
>> up to make those types of backups easier. / /var /usr /home /tmp, etc.
>
> from the dump(8) man page:
>
> "files-to-dump is either a single file system, or a list of files and
> directories on a single file system to be backed up as a subset of the
> file system. [...] certain restrictions are placed on the backup: -u is
> ignored, the only dump level that is supported is -0, and all of the
> files must reside on the same file system."

That is definately a new(ish) feature of dump.  It was not there when I
started this practice 15 years ago. =)

I'll have to play with that.

>> This box, ultra.bl.org, is in a colo on the other side of town and
>> doesn't have a floppy or CD ROM in it.  If I have to drive in to fix
>> it, I usually can w/o having to unrack it and plug in a CD or floppy
>> for alternate booting methods.
>
> you can't netboot?  (see pxeboot man page)

It's the only box in the rack I own.  I only have the single system.
netboot servers is not a service I'm paying them for.

-- 
Michael Parson
mparson@bl.org