akhiezer wrote: > - sockets, devs, doors, the usual stuff: I interpreted the original problem > sub-item spec as getting a byte-for-byte copy of the lfs partition(s) as-is, > and then restoring them. If instead it's loosened to not bothering about some > items/aspects and allowing/assuming their re-creation automatically, then yeah > fine: but I wouldn't do backups of full-system snapshots that way.
I'm not sure what devs or doors are. There are seven file types in Unix/Linux: regular, directories, sockets, symbolic links, pipes (fifos), block special, and character special. All special files should be in the /dev directory. I'm not sure I'd try to make a backup of a live system. There are too many chances of something getting out of sync. Trying to back up /proc or /sys or any other virtual file system seems very problematic to me. -- Bruce Oh, is see a door is specific to solaris. I haven't used that in 15 years. -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
