From owner-freebsd-stable Sun Jul 12 11:51:15 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id LAA01204 for freebsd-stable-outgoing; Sun, 12 Jul 1998 11:51:15 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from news1.gtn.com (news1.gtn.com [192.109.159.3]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id LAA01199 for ; Sun, 12 Jul 1998 11:51:12 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from andreas@klemm.gtn.com) Received: (from uucp@localhost) by news1.gtn.com (8.8.6/8.8.6) with UUCP id UAA27398; Sun, 12 Jul 1998 20:45:10 +0200 (MET DST) Received: (from andreas@localhost) by klemm.gtn.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) id UAA12937; Sun, 12 Jul 1998 20:26:05 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from andreas) Message-ID: <19980712202605.A12922@klemm.gtn.com> Date: Sun, 12 Jul 1998 20:26:05 +0200 From: Andreas Klemm To: Carroll Kong , freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Dump / Restore - Good backup method? References: <199807121514.IAA03178@hub.freebsd.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.91.1i In-Reply-To: <199807121514.IAA03178@hub.freebsd.org>; from Carroll Kong on Sun, Jul 12, 1998 at 11:16:42AM -0500 X-Disclaimer: A free society is one where it is safe to be unpopular X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 3.0-CURRENT SMP Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Sun, Jul 12, 1998 at 11:16:42AM -0500, Carroll Kong wrote: > Why dont you use dump to perform the backups? It is much more easy and > safe to restore all files or individual files. More on this ... http://www.freebsd.org/handbook/ Why dump is best: http://reality.sgi.com/zwicky_neu/testdump.doc.html -- Andreas Klemm http://www.FreeBSD.ORG/~andreas What gives you 90% more speed, for example, in kernel compilation ? http://www.FreeBSD.ORG/~fsmp/SMP/akgraph-a/graph1.html "NT = Not Today" (Maggie Biggs) ``powered by FreeBSD SMP'' To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message