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On 2013-12-02 2:25 PM, Poison BL. <poisonbl@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> An alternative to booting to external media, etc, would be a bind |
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> mount of / and /usr on separate temporary mount points, then dumping |
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> the data between them, leaving the existing system chugging along. A |
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> re-mount of the current /usr in -o ro mode might not be a terrible |
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> idea in that case. |
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Not comfortable doing that on a productions server at all... but thanks |
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anyway... :) |
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> That said, if you are booting to a LiveDVD -- |
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> On Mon, Dec 2, 2013 at 1:58 PM, Tanstaafl <tanstaafl@×××××××××××.org> wrote: |
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>> Thanks, but no, like I said, I'll just boot that system to a LiveDVD and do |
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>> it from there... |
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> That actually does fall under "boot a different system" since the |
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> users won't line up between a LiveDVD and your actual system. |
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Hmmm, ok, but if I chroot'd into the system (ie, like I might do if I |
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had an interrupted install, and wanted to pick it back up), that would |
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solve that? |
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Or, I could just figure out the right rsync arguments to use... ;) |
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I just asked on the rsync list too, maybe someone there will chime in |
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with a little more confidence... |
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