On Tue, Oct 14, 2003 at 10:54:50AM +0930, Greg 'groggy' Lehey wrote: ... > In particular, if you restore /usr/lib you'll replace the C library > /usr/lib/libc.so. It's then possible to crash dynamically linked > processes (since they no longer have libraries), after which you could > be left with a mainly unusable system. > > Vinum offers a solution to this problem, as you've noted: detach a > plex from each volume and restore to it. Then do some magic in single > user mode to remove the other plex and attach the one you've just > restored to. I'm not quite sure about the best way of doing this. > I'll think about it, but if anybody else has suggestions for doing > this with the least chance of shooting yourself in the foot, I'd be > interested to hear them.
Once you've had a chance to think about it, would you mind posting yours thoughts someplace public? I think that there's much magic in that general direction, though the path may need to particularly exact to avoid stepping on a mine :-) -T -- The envious man thinks that if his neighbor breaks a leg, he will be able to walk better himself. - Helmut Schoeck, _Envy: A Theory Of Social Behavior_ _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"