>Dump bypasses the filesystemlevel to access the data and therefor only
>works reliable if all caches are flushed to disk. This is only garanteed
>if the filesystem is unmounted or at least mounted read-only.
Yes, I know. I learned that 15 years ago.
>But this is not a problem of linux, it's a problem of dump.
Yeah yeah yeah. We've all heard that a million times before, and yet on
real systems we've been happily using dump for years without
consequences.
>what you are saying is the same as if you try to change a wheel
>of your car without making shure it won't roll away while working,
>and when it rolls away an breaks your foot saying "what a damn bad
>car..."
A more fitting analogy would be GM making cars out of cardboard and
warning people to not leave them out in the sun because they might catch
fire.
