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On Thu, 8 Mar 2012 23:52:53 +0700, Pandu Poluan wrote: |
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> > As an added note on this, rsync's --one-file-system (-x) flag is handy |
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> > for avoiding grabbing unneeded things, but will typically leave you |
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> > without the base few device nodes needed to boot the backup, those can |
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> > either be grabbed from a stage3, or created with (courtesy of Linux |
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> > From Scratch's section "6.2.1. Creating Initial Device Nodes"): |
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> > mknod -m 600 ${backup}/dev/console c 5 1 |
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> > mknod -m 666 ${backup}/dev/null c 1 3 |
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> ... or just add another rsync invocation to backup /dev ... |
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That won't work because it will backup the full devfs mounted on /dev, |
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not the files that exist in the directory itself. |
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Neil Bothwick |
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Despite the cost of living, have you noticed how it remains so popular? |
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