Backing up freebsd to 1 file?

Sun Apr 18 15:32:30 UTC 2010

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On 18/04/2010 15:19:32, Jan Hlodan wrote:
> you can migrate to zfs and then create snapshot of whole disk, import
> this snapshot (e.g. via ssh) and then restore it back.

You can create snapshots with UFS too.  It's a good way of getting a
reasonably consistent backup without having to shut the whole system down.

	Cheers,

	Matthew

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