snapshot rsync dump/restore

2009-12-17 Thread n dhert
I want to clone a FreeBSD system on another system. Say, Mondaymorning I use the dump(8) to make dumpfiles of all filesystems (dumpofroot.dmp, dumpofvar.dmp, ...tmp.dmp, ...usr.dmp, ...home.dmp ) on an external USB disk. The original system keeps running. Then Wednesday I setup FreeBSD on the new

Re: snapshot rsync dump/restore

2009-12-17 Thread Matthew Seaman
n dhert wrote: I want to clone a FreeBSD system on another system. Say, Mondaymorning I use the dump(8) to make dumpfiles of all filesystems (dumpofroot.dmp, dumpofvar.dmp, ...tmp.dmp, ...usr.dmp, ...home.dmp ) on an external USB disk. The original system keeps running. Then Wednesday I setup

Re: snapshot rsync dump/restore

2009-12-17 Thread Roland Smith
On Thu, Dec 17, 2009 at 09:03:50AM +0100, n dhert wrote: I want to clone a FreeBSD system on another system. Say, Mondaymorning I use the dump(8) to make dumpfiles of all filesystems (dumpofroot.dmp, dumpofvar.dmp, ...tmp.dmp, ...usr.dmp, ...home.dmp ) on an external USB disk. Dumping /tmp

Re: snapshot rsync dump/restore

2009-12-17 Thread Ivan Voras
n dhert wrote: I was told one could do this using rsync and by using a snapshot it would even be faster (?) Also try http://rdiff-backup.nongnu.org/ ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list