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From: Chris Slater <olyar@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: Network backup solution
To: Langa Kentane <evablunted@earthling.net>,
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One way is to use NFS to mount the root directory of
the FreeBSD server into a directory on the Linux box
(e.g. /mnt/FreeBSD).  Then just backup that directory
like you would back up any other directory in Linux
(look at the man page for tar).

Check out the NFS howto at:
http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/NFS-HOWTO.html


--- Langa Kentane <evablunted@earthling.net> wrote:
> Hi
> 
> I am very new to Unix and have am have a task that i
> need to do but don't know how to solve.  Maybe you
> can help.
> 
> I need to backup my FreeBSD 3.2-R server from a
> Linux box.  The linux box is fitted with a HP tape
> drive and our budget doesn't allow us to take the
> easy way out and just buy another tape drive when I
> know for sure that there should be a way to backup
> over the network.
> 
> What do I need to do to be able to do this?  Any
> suggestions?
> 
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