Here I will be using a NFS share.
# Pre-steps
-## Upgrade HAMMER version
+## HAMMER version
You should check that your HAMMER version is at least 2 (NORM 2.3 - New directory entry layout).
smash64# hammer version /
If not, you would have to use hammer version-upgrade. See [hammer(8)](http://leaf.dragonflybsd.org/cgi/web-man?command=hammer§ion=8) for details.
+## LiveCD
+You will need a DragonFlyBSD LiveCD in order to perform steps for the new installation. Release 2.4.0 or later is recommended.
+Download the ISOs from [here](http://www.dragonflybsd.org/mirrors/).
+
+
# Saving the data
At this point you should have a place ready to store all the compressed files you are going to generate.
Mine is this:
So we can start saving all our data:
smash64# cd /mnt/pfs
+
smash64# hammer mirror-read / | gzip -3 -c > root.gz
histogram range 0000000000000000 - 000000129a02c4b0
Mirror-read: Mirror from 0000000000000000 to 000000129a02c4b0
Mirror-read: Mirror from 0000000000000001 to 000000129a02c790
Mirror-read /tmp succeeded
smash64#
+
+ ....
+
# Reinstalling
# Restoring the data