Gentoo Archives: gentoo-user

From: Alan McKinnon <alan@××××××××××××××××.za>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Backup /sys ?
Date: Fri, 04 May 2007 09:04:21
Message-Id: 200705041054.48619.alan@linuxholdings.co.za
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] Backup /sys ? by Florian Philipp
1 On Friday 04 May 2007, Florian Philipp wrote:
2 > Hi guys!
3 >
4 > When trying to back up my system with rdiff-backup (everything except
5 > proc, tmp, mnt, media and distfiles) I get a lot of errors like this:
6
7 First, please don't hijack threads. Your mail's header shows:
8
9 In-Reply-To: <20070504075620.CB88980B01@×××××××××××××.com>
10
11 which means you replied to Daniel's mail to get the correct gentoo-user
12 mail address. Don't do this, start a new thread instead.
13
14 Second, /sys is a virtual filesystem generated on the fly like /proc.
15 Don't back it up
16
17 alan
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20 --
21 Optimists say the glass is half full,
22 Pessimists say the glass is half empty,
23 Developers say wtf is the glass twice as big as it needs to be?
24
25 Alan McKinnon
26 alan at linuxholdings dot co dot za
27 +27 82, double three seven, one nine three five
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29 gentoo-user@g.o mailing list

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Re: [gentoo-user] Backup /sys ? Florian Philipp <f.philipp@××××××.de>