Stuart Henderson writes:
> I would prefer to use almost anything else though and get versioned
> backups. Probably my most used backup/restore action is to get back a
> version of some file from yesterday so something that will only write
> the changes is useful. I quite like borg for this but
On 2021-06-22, Andrew Robertson wrote:
> Is there any problem with putting ROOTBACKUP=1 in my weekly.local
> instead of daily.local? I'm backing up to an SD card and it's maybe not
> fast enough to back up in 24 hours, plus weekly backup would be fine.
It won't do anything in weekly.local; the
Is there any problem with putting ROOTBACKUP=1 in my weekly.local
instead of daily.local? I'm backing up to an SD card and it's maybe not
fast enough to back up in 24 hours, plus weekly backup would be fine.
Many thanks.
le usb flash drive and
> use /altroot facility in the daily(8) scripts to backup root partition
> to it as described in FAQ
>
> https://www.openbsd.org/faq/faq14.html#altroot
>
> I started doing that many years ago, before sysupgrade was available. It
> worked like a charm. Onc
Hi Misc,
For number of years I had a very simple scheme to backup my OpenBSD
infrastructure servers running critical network services for our small
university lab. Namely, I would put a low profile usb flash drive and
use /altroot facility in the daily(8) scripts to backup root partition
On Mon, Jul 17, 2017 at 08:18:25AM -0400, Nick Holland wrote:
> On 07/17/17 05:50, Raimo Niskanen wrote:
> > On Fri, Jul 14, 2017 at 10:46:14PM -0400, Nick Holland wrote:
> >> On 07/14/17 09:00, Raimo Niskanen wrote:
> >> > Hi misc@.
> >> >
> >>
On 07/17/17 05:50, Raimo Niskanen wrote:
> On Fri, Jul 14, 2017 at 10:46:14PM -0400, Nick Holland wrote:
>> On 07/14/17 09:00, Raimo Niskanen wrote:
>> > Hi misc@.
>> >
>> > I wonder how to restore from an /altroot backup?
>> >
>> > (I miss
On Fri, Jul 14, 2017 at 10:46:14PM -0400, Nick Holland wrote:
> On 07/14/17 09:00, Raimo Niskanen wrote:
> > Hi misc@.
> >
> > I wonder how to restore from an /altroot backup?
> >
> > (I missed that pax -r happily writes absolute paths and wrote over
> &
On 07/14/17 09:00, Raimo Niskanen wrote:
> Hi misc@.
>
> I wonder how to restore from an /altroot backup?
>
> (I missed that pax -r happily writes absolute paths and wrote over
> /etc from a backup file of another machine)
>
>
> Is it to dd(1) back all but the fi
Hi misc@.
I wonder how to restore from an /altroot backup?
(I missed that pax -r happily writes absolute paths and wrote over
/etc from a backup file of another machine)
Is it to dd(1) back all but the first 16 blocks - the reverse of what
daily(8) does? Is that all that is needed?
(I
on
February 1st) and have noticed (for quite a while, actually) that the
nightly backup of / to /altroot wasn't working. I finally got around to
looking into this and discovered that the /etc/daily script was
explicitly checking for /dev/whatever in the /altroot fstab entry -- but
I've been using
) that the
nightly backup of / to /altroot wasn't working. I finally got around to
looking into this and discovered that the /etc/daily script was
explicitly checking for /dev/whatever in the /altroot fstab entry -- but
I've been using DUIDs (as set up by the installer).
Shouldn't the daily script
on
February 1st) and have noticed (for quite a while, actually) that the
nightly backup of / to /altroot wasn't working. I finally got around to
looking into this and discovered that the /etc/daily script was
explicitly checking for /dev/whatever in the /altroot fstab entry -- but
I've been using
On Tue, 7 Feb 2012, Kenneth R Westerback wrote:
On Tue, Feb 07, 2012 at 09:42:07AM -0500, Dave Anderson wrote:
I've got a system running amd64/mp -current (latest source update on
February 1st) and have noticed (for quite a while, actually) that the
nightly backup of / to /altroot wasn't
I've got a system running amd64/mp -current (latest source update on
February 1st) and have noticed (for quite a while, actually) that the
nightly backup of / to /altroot wasn't working. I finally got around to
looking into this and discovered that the /etc/daily script was
explicitly checking
On Tue, Feb 07, 2012 at 09:42:07AM -0500, Dave Anderson wrote:
I've got a system running amd64/mp -current (latest source update on
February 1st) and have noticed (for quite a while, actually) that the
nightly backup of / to /altroot wasn't working. I finally got around to
looking
Hi.
I try to have a root backup with /altroot.
I did everything related to the man pages. But i wonder why my
/altroot partition is still empty.
fstab file:
/dev/wd0a / ffs rw,softdep 1 1
/dev/wd0d /altroot ffs xx 0 0
Both / and /altroot partitions are having the same size,
I also added
Andreas Gerdd wrote:
Hi.
I try to have a root backup with /altroot.
I did everything related to the man pages. But i wonder why my
/altroot partition is still empty.
fstab file:
/dev/wd0a / ffs rw,softdep 1 1
/dev/wd0d /altroot ffs xx 0 0
Both / and /altroot partitions are having
ls /altroot
shows nothing inside, other than ./ and ../
On Sun, Mar 28, 2010 at 17:51, Nick Holland n...@holland-consulting.net wrote:
Andreas Gerdd wrote:
Hi.
I try to have a root backup with /altroot.
I did everything related to the man pages. But i wonder why my
/altroot partition
Andreas Gerdd wrote on Sun, Mar 28, 2010 at 06:01:07PM +0300:
On Sun, Mar 28, 2010, Nick Holland n...@holland-consulting.net wrote:
Andreas Gerdd wrote:
I try to have a root backup with /altroot.
I did everything related to the man pages. But i wonder why my
/altroot partition is still empty
What does
$ df /altroot
tell you, in particular, which mount point is it reporting?
Mounted on / or Mounted on /altroot?
df /altroot shows: Mounted on /
(df -h doesn't show /altroot.)
So i cannot browse the content of /altroot, even though the backup
files are there?
Andreas Gerdd wrote:
What does
$ df /altroot
tell you, in particular, which mount point is it reporting?
Mounted on / or Mounted on /altroot?
df /altroot shows: Mounted on /
(df -h doesn't show /altroot.)
So i cannot browse the content of /altroot, even though the backup
files
What does
$ df /altroot
tell you, in particular, which mount point is it reporting?
Mounted on / or Mounted on /altroot?
df /altroot shows: Mounted on /
(df -h doesn't show /altroot.)
Thus, /altroot is currently not mounted.
So i cannot browse the content of /altroot, even though
On Sun, Mar 28, 2010 at 6:03 PM, Ingo Schwarze schwa...@usta.de wrote:
df /altroot shows: Mounted on /
(df -h doesn't show /altroot.)
Thus, /altroot is currently not mounted.
As you said before, it shouldn't be usually mounted as it is used by
dd(1). daily.out's output on the first email
On Sun, Aug 16, 2009 at 12:54 AM, Philip Guentherguent...@gmail.com wrote:
On Sat, Aug 15, 2009 at 3:44 PM, 46254625...@gmail.com wrote:
Is it correct string for /etc/fstab? /dev/wd2d /altroot ffs xx 0 0
Assuming /dev/wd2d is the correct partition, yes. (You're looking at
the daily(8
On Sat, 15 Aug 2009, Philip Guenther wrote:
Is it correct string for /etc/fstab? /dev/wd2d /altroot ffs xx 0 0
Assuming /dev/wd2d is the correct partition, yes. (You're looking at
the daily(8) manpage, right?)
Sure. Original mount string for '/altroot' there was '/dev/wd2d
/altroot ffs rw
On Sun, 16 Aug 2009, Igor Sobrado wrote:
Is it correct string for /etc/fstab? /dev/wd2d /altroot ffs xx 0 0
same device i am using here (a for root, b for swap, c entire
disk, d for /altroot, and so on...)
just two advices: (1) the /altroot filesystem must have the same size
He have
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On Sun, Aug 16, 2009 at 09:44:43PM +, 4625 spoke thusly: On Sat, 15 Aug
2009, Philip Guenther wrote: Is it correct string for /etc/fstab?
/dev/wd2d /altroot ffs xx 0 0
Assuming /dev/wd2d is the correct partition, yes. (You're looking
On Sun, 16 Aug 2009, Denny White wrote:
Sure. Original mount string for '/altroot' there was '/dev/wd2d /altroot
ffs rw,nodev,nosuid 1 2'.
I do not see any messages about backup. How do I check if backup really
happen?
In daily output to root, the section of the message pertaining
Is it correct string for /etc/fstab? /dev/wd2d /altroot ffs xx 0 0
Should df display the /altroot?
--
4625
On Sat, Aug 15, 2009 at 3:44 PM, 46254625...@gmail.com wrote:
Is it correct string for /etc/fstab? /dev/wd2d /altroot ffs xx 0 0
Assuming /dev/wd2d is the correct partition, yes. (You're looking at
the daily(8) manpage, right?)
Should df display the /altroot?
Only if you mount it yourself
Hi!
On Wed, Nov 07, 2007 at 05:17:35PM +0100, Antoine Jacoutot wrote:
On Wed, 7 Nov 2007, Nick Holland wrote:
Really. /altroot is useful for certain things, but ONLY certain
things. Don't call it a backup, as it isn't rotated. You have
I do backup everything.
It's just that altroot is so easy
can use a href=faq10.html#Quotasquotas/a to restrict the space
they use, and if they fill the partition, no other parts of your
system will be impacted.
+ liIf you have a second disk, you might want to create an tt/altroot/tt
+ partition on it, as described in
+ a
href=http
* Nick [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2007-11-07 04:22]:
(add to that that Thunderbird is a brain-dead piece of shit when it
comes to handling diffs in general and classic diffs even more so.
Apparently, either Thunderbird devs aren't programmers or they never
show their diffs to each other.)
or they
On Sep 25 10:11:04, Joel Knight wrote:
--- Quoting Jan Stary on 2007/09/25 at 15:48 +0200:
Hi all,
afterboot(8) mentions /altroot, which is a nice feature.
But you only learn about /altroot when you read afterboot(8).
By that time, you already have a system installed
On Tue, Nov 06, 2007 at 11:54:45AM +0100, Jan Stary wrote:
On Sep 25 10:11:04, Joel Knight wrote:
--- Quoting Jan Stary on 2007/09/25 at 15:48 +0200:
afterboot(8) mentions /altroot, which is a nice feature.
But you only learn about /altroot when you read afterboot(8).
By that time
On Tue, 6 Nov 2007, Douglas A. Tutty wrote:
While you're at it: the install docs cover the absolute minimum to run
a basic system (I think they describe it as a basic home system
connected to the internet). Could you include an example of the same
thing but the minimum to be able to compile
Hi all,
this is a diff to faq4.html (the install faq) so that it mentions
/altroot for the installing user before he partitions his drive. Now,
the altroot feature is described in daily(8), which you only read when
you already have a system installed, your disk is already partitioned
'partition'.
It would be nice if it also treated the /altroot partition
specially; namely, if it got written into fstab as
/dev/wd0X /altroot ffs xx 0 0
which is what daily(8) wants it to be for ROOTBACKUP to work.
Jan
On 06/11/2007, Jan Stary [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Is using a larger disk in the example a problem? Using a 20G disk makes
the point of showing how usable the system is even on a small disk, but
20G disks don't really exist anymore.
shouting
O RLY?
/shouting
I always thought my 20 Gig HDD
On 06/11/2007, Jan Stary [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
PS: As this is a small diff, I edited (my copy of) faq4.html manually;
but if I was to write up something bigger - is there some script(1)-like
log of the whole installation, or can I create one? Drop into shell at
the very beginning, and run
snip
20G disks don't really exist anymore.
shouting
O RLY?
/shouting
I always thought my 20 Gig HDD was the largest of my eight drives.
Are you saying it's Schroedinger's hard drive?
What about the others?
My 200 MB would like to have a little word with you, and it doesn't
look
On Tue, Nov 06, 2007 at 08:11:55PM +0100, ropers wrote:
On 06/11/2007, Jan Stary [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Is using a larger disk in the example a problem? Using a 20G disk makes
the point of showing how usable the system is even on a small disk, but
20G disks don't really exist anymore.
On Tue, 6 Nov 2007 18:26:04 -0500, Douglas A. Tutty wrote:
Jest
Perhaps there needs to be a new fork: OldBSD: Unix for the Ages.
s/Ages/Aged/ ??
Given that I joined IBM in 1962, I am allowed to make such jokes.
~|^
=
From the land down under: Australia.
Do we look umop apisdn from up over?
Jan Stary wrote:
Hi all,
this is a diff to faq4.html (the install faq) so that it mentions
/altroot for the installing user before he partitions his drive. Now,
the altroot feature is described in daily(8), which you only read when
you already have a system installed, your disk is already
On Wed, Nov 07, 2007 at 01:23:55PM +1100, RW wrote:
On Tue, 6 Nov 2007 18:26:04 -0500, Douglas A. Tutty wrote:
Jest
Perhaps there needs to be a new fork: OldBSD: Unix for the Ages.
s/Ages/Aged/ ??
Given that I joined IBM in 1962, I am allowed to make such jokes.
~|^
=
Ha! When I
Hi all,
afterboot(8) mentions /altroot, which is a nice feature.
But you only learn about /altroot when you read afterboot(8).
By that time, you already have a system installed, in particular
your disk is already partitioned, and typically you don't have
the spare partition (of size at least
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