On Sat, 2010-04-17 at 17:07 -0600, Chris Kottaridis wrote: > I am about to upgrade from Fedora Core 8 to Fedora Core 12. I typically > do this by dumping the partitions into a file on another host and doing > a completely new installation. Then use restore interactively to pull in > the things I need. > > I've seen various postings that dump only works on ext3 file systems and > not ext4. Now I happen to have ext3 on my Fedora Core 8 machine so I > assume I can dump OK. > > Now will Fedora Core 12 default to ext4 file systems ? > > I assume, if I do use ext4 file systems, the restore command will still > be able to read the old ext3 dump file and restore the files into the > ext4 file system with no problem. > > Also, if I go with ext4 on Fedora Core 12 what backup command is > available ? > > I've only ever used dump (with amanda), I actually haven't been backing > up this Fedora Core 8 machine because I considered it expendable and was > willing to loose any data. However, I have collected some data that I'd > prefer not to lose if I don't have to lose it. But, after I get Fedora > Core 12 I am going to really use it and will want to back it up > aggressively. Just use tar. Dump/restore is designed for fast backup and restoring of filesystem images. Among other things, this ties you to a specific filesystem type and partition size. Tar is more flexible and doesn't care what the filesystem is (within reason). poc -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
