From owner-freebsd-questions Wed May 16 14:53:17 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from buffnet4.buffnet.net (buffnet4.buffnet.net [205.246.19.13]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4EFDC37B423 for ; Wed, 16 May 2001 14:53:15 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from shovey@buffnet.net) Received: from buffnet11.buffnet.net (buffnet11.buffnet.net [205.246.19.55]) by buffnet4.buffnet.net (8.9.3/8.8.7) with ESMTP id SAA20386; Wed, 16 May 2001 18:01:09 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from shovey@buffnet.net) Date: Wed, 16 May 2001 17:53:03 -0400 (EDT) From: Stephen Hovey To: stellayu@ca.inter.net Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: simple back up method In-Reply-To: <3B02DB43.7902B306@ca.inter.net> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG I would forget tar and cpio (I had restoration problems when using tape) - the thing Ive found the most reliable that comes with freebsd is pax email if you want a sample backup and restore line. On Wed, 16 May 2001 stellayu@ca.inter.net wrote: > I want to backup the whole system in simple backup method and command > eg: > > Running tar command in root directory for whole system? tar zcvf > > Could you suggest to me? > > thanks, > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message