> Stefan Sorin Nicolin wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I have yet another exclusive configuration need. I'd like to back up
a
> > file _without_ it's contents. I noticed that under Gentoo Linux
/dev/
> > tty12 takes a lot of useless space. The terminal output is stored
> > there - somethig that I can very well live without in case I have to
> > restore a system from backup.
> > The only way I can imagine it right now is to exclude the file
> > completely and create a dedicated restore jobdef where /dev/tty12 is
> > created per runscript directive. This doesen't feel right though.
> > Any ideas?
> >
> > Thanks much.
> >
> > Stefan Sorin Nicolin
> > http://nicolinux.org
> >
> As /dev is populate by udev I always exclude it completely .
> 

Have you tested a restore? If you are restoring to 'baremetal', then you
might actually need something in /dev before udev starts, which is a bit
tricky as it's 'under' udev...

If you are planning on doing a base install and then restoring over the
top then you shouldn't have this problem.

James


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