Snapshots in Freebsd 5.x

[Alec Berryman]

jlkjlk 64654654ut on 2005-04-14 16:07:18 -0700:

> I have been able to mount the snapshot and retrieve the data while
> the system is running as mentioned on the article but ultimately I
> would like to restore entire partitions (from a system crash, for
> example).  Is it possible?  How can it be acomplished? On
> single-user-mode maybe?

I assume you mean by 'system crash' hard drive failure?  Snapshots
will not do you any good except perhaps as a tool to make backups
easier.
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