Re: ROOTBACKUP=1 no backup done
On 12:01 Sun 06 Jul , Gabri Mate wrote: -- Gabri Mate [EMAIL PROTECTED] On 04:19 Sun 06 Jul , Denny White wrote: Quoted from Gabri Mate on Sun, Jul 06, 2008 at 02:25:55AM +0200,: Hey There List, I've made an /altroot partition, exactly the same size as my /, and it is also mounted. I've put ROOTBACKUP=1 in root's crontab, but my / partition doesn't get dumped on /altroot at the daily cron's run. I have 4.3 release. Is there something i'm missing? -- Gabri Mate [EMAIL PROTECTED] [demime 1.01d removed an attachment of type application/pgp-signature] Read this portion of /etc/daily: # If ROOTBACKUP is set to 1 in the environment, and # if filesystem named /altroot is type ffs, on /dev/* and mounted xx, # use it as a backup root filesystem to be updated daily. And, if you read fstab(5) you'll see this: If fs_type is specified as ``xx'' the entry is ignored. So, fs_type should be xx in your fstab, right? You didn't include your fstab, but that sounds like what the problem is; i.e., you don't have that in yours and altroot is mounting normally. Quoted from Gabri Mate on Sun, Jul 06, 2008 at 09:03:28AM +0200,: Yes, looks like this is the problem. I've setup /altroot during installation, and i didn't bother editing fstab. /altroot looks like this: /dev/wd0d /altroot ffs rw 1 2 So i should change ffs to xx, right? No, you need to read the terminologies a little closer on fstab. Anyway, it should look like this: /dev/wd0d /altroot ffs xx 0 0 Mine is on a separate drive. I figure if my main drive craps out, what good will /altroot on that drive do me. My fstab looks like: /dev/wd1a /altroot ffs xx 0 0 Hope that helps. You should've cc'd misc@ too, when you wrote back. Anyway, I don't mind corresponding off list. Also, you'll have to umount the /altroot too. After that, either wait see what happens when daily runs, or run it yourself beforehand, either manually or change roots crontab temporarily. If that doesn't work, you might have to reboot. Never ran into that problem before since I had it set up right from the get go, but that was just luck. I had already read that part specifically somewhere (can't recall right now) and was concerned about backups right from the start. Just for my own curiosity, let me know if you wind up having to reboot for it to take, okay? ttyl Denny White -- Bill Gates is a very rich man today... and do you want to know why? The answer is one word: versions. Dave Barry All messages scanned by ClamAssassin http://jameslick.com/clamassassin/ === GnuPG key : 0x1644E79A | http://wwwkeys.nl.pgp.net Fingerprint: D0A9 AD44 1F10 E09E 0E67 EC25 CB44 F2E5 1644 E79A === Thank You! I'll check it and report back about the need of a reboot. [demime 1.01d removed an attachment of type application/pgp-signature] It's working without a reboot. Thanks again! -- Gabri Mate [EMAIL PROTECTED] [demime 1.01d removed an attachment of type application/pgp-signature]
Re: ROOTBACKUP=1 no backup done
Yes, looks like this is the problem. I've setup /altroot during installation, and i didn't bother editing fstab. /altroot looks like this: /dev/wd0d /altroot ffs rw 1 2 So i should change ffs to xx, right? -- Gabri Mate [EMAIL PROTECTED] On 22:02 Sat 05 Jul , Denny White wrote: Quoted from Gabri Mate on Sun, Jul 06, 2008 at 02:25:55AM +0200,: Hey There List, I've made an /altroot partition, exactly the same size as my /, and it is also mounted. I've put ROOTBACKUP=1 in root's crontab, but my / partition doesn't get dumped on /altroot at the daily cron's run. I have 4.3 release. Is there something i'm missing? -- Gabri Mate [EMAIL PROTECTED] [demime 1.01d removed an attachment of type application/pgp-signature] Read this portion of /etc/daily: # If ROOTBACKUP is set to 1 in the environment, and # if filesystem named /altroot is type ffs, on /dev/* and mounted xx, # use it as a backup root filesystem to be updated daily. And, if you read fstab(5) you'll see this: If fs_type is specified as ``xx'' the entry is ignored. So, fs_type should be xx in your fstab, right? You didn't include your fstab, but that sounds like what the problem is; i.e., you don't have that in yours and altroot is mounting normally. Denny White -- People who want to share their religious views with you almost never want you to share yours with them. Dave Barry All messages scanned by ClamAssassin http://jameslick.com/clamassassin/ === GnuPG key : 0x1644E79A | http://wwwkeys.nl.pgp.net Fingerprint: D0A9 AD44 1F10 E09E 0E67 EC25 CB44 F2E5 1644 E79A === [demime 1.01d removed an attachment of type application/pgp-signature]
Re: ROOTBACKUP=1 no backup done
-- Gabri Mate [EMAIL PROTECTED] On 04:19 Sun 06 Jul , Denny White wrote: Quoted from Gabri Mate on Sun, Jul 06, 2008 at 02:25:55AM +0200,: Hey There List, I've made an /altroot partition, exactly the same size as my /, and it is also mounted. I've put ROOTBACKUP=1 in root's crontab, but my / partition doesn't get dumped on /altroot at the daily cron's run. I have 4.3 release. Is there something i'm missing? -- Gabri Mate [EMAIL PROTECTED] [demime 1.01d removed an attachment of type application/pgp-signature] Read this portion of /etc/daily: # If ROOTBACKUP is set to 1 in the environment, and # if filesystem named /altroot is type ffs, on /dev/* and mounted xx, # use it as a backup root filesystem to be updated daily. And, if you read fstab(5) you'll see this: If fs_type is specified as ``xx'' the entry is ignored. So, fs_type should be xx in your fstab, right? You didn't include your fstab, but that sounds like what the problem is; i.e., you don't have that in yours and altroot is mounting normally. Quoted from Gabri Mate on Sun, Jul 06, 2008 at 09:03:28AM +0200,: Yes, looks like this is the problem. I've setup /altroot during installation, and i didn't bother editing fstab. /altroot looks like this: /dev/wd0d /altroot ffs rw 1 2 So i should change ffs to xx, right? No, you need to read the terminologies a little closer on fstab. Anyway, it should look like this: /dev/wd0d /altroot ffs xx 0 0 Mine is on a separate drive. I figure if my main drive craps out, what good will /altroot on that drive do me. My fstab looks like: /dev/wd1a /altroot ffs xx 0 0 Hope that helps. You should've cc'd misc@ too, when you wrote back. Anyway, I don't mind corresponding off list. Also, you'll have to umount the /altroot too. After that, either wait see what happens when daily runs, or run it yourself beforehand, either manually or change roots crontab temporarily. If that doesn't work, you might have to reboot. Never ran into that problem before since I had it set up right from the get go, but that was just luck. I had already read that part specifically somewhere (can't recall right now) and was concerned about backups right from the start. Just for my own curiosity, let me know if you wind up having to reboot for it to take, okay? ttyl Denny White -- Bill Gates is a very rich man today... and do you want to know why? The answer is one word: versions. Dave Barry All messages scanned by ClamAssassin http://jameslick.com/clamassassin/ === GnuPG key : 0x1644E79A | http://wwwkeys.nl.pgp.net Fingerprint: D0A9 AD44 1F10 E09E 0E67 EC25 CB44 F2E5 1644 E79A === Thank You! I'll check it and report back about the need of a reboot. [demime 1.01d removed an attachment of type application/pgp-signature]
Re: ROOTBACKUP=1 no backup done
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Quoted from Gabri Mate on Sun, Jul 06, 2008 at 02:25:55AM +0200,: Hey There List, I've made an /altroot partition, exactly the same size as my /, and it is also mounted. I've put ROOTBACKUP=1 in root's crontab, but my / partition doesn't get dumped on /altroot at the daily cron's run. I have 4.3 release. Is there something i'm missing? -- Gabri Mate [EMAIL PROTECTED] [demime 1.01d removed an attachment of type application/pgp-signature] Read this portion of /etc/daily: # If ROOTBACKUP is set to 1 in the environment, and # if filesystem named /altroot is type ffs, on /dev/* and mounted xx, # use it as a backup root filesystem to be updated daily. And, if you read fstab(5) you'll see this: If fs_type is specified as ``xx'' the entry is ignored. So, fs_type should be xx in your fstab, right? You didn't include your fstab, but that sounds like what the problem is; i.e., you don't have that in yours and altroot is mounting normally. Denny White - -- People who want to share their religious views with you almost never want you to share yours with them. Dave Barry All messages scanned by ClamAssassin http://jameslick.com/clamassassin/ === GnuPG key : 0x1644E79A | http://wwwkeys.nl.pgp.net Fingerprint: D0A9 AD44 1F10 E09E 0E67 EC25 CB44 F2E5 1644 E79A === iD8DBQFIcDW2y0Ty5RZE55oRAqsVAJ96+68TjUYwuLEjHTkZa6StJyVqqgCgq024 6pLl6b4TuwcJ82XW9msbsJ0= =sb4L -END PGP SIGNATURE-
Re: ROOTBACKUP=1 no backup done
On Sun, Jul 06, 2008 at 02:25:55AM +0200, Gabri Mate wrote: Hey There List, I've made an /altroot partition, exactly the same size as my /, and it is also mounted. I've put ROOTBACKUP=1 in root's crontab, but my / partition doesn't get dumped on /altroot at the daily cron's run. See item 2. after the first mention of ROOTBACKUP in daily(8) and then the paragraph where fs_type is mentioned for the second time in fstab(5). cheers, -b
