sön 2011-10-16 klockan 17:04 -0700 skrev prad: > 1. is my plan an intelligent one? > 2. if so, what is the most sensible way of duplicating the first hd? > a) dd? > b) install from scratch and then overwrite with xfs dumps from > external? > c) something else entirely? > a) "dd" requires that the filesystem is offline. It duplicates everything on the disk, even all the random stuff on the disk that aren't files. b) If you have a proper backup schedule this will allow to restore a older system if something broke a few days ago. Please note that /etc/fstab often contains references to the UUID of the file system. You also need to make sure that the bootloader is updated. c) You can have a working and tested standby and then restore from xfsdump when you need to. You can set "no backup" file system attribute on files and directories that isn't needed to backup. -- Emil _______________________________________________ xfs mailing list xfs@xxxxxxxxxxx http://oss.sgi.com/mailman/listinfo/xfs
