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Subject: Re: dump(8) -> Windows2000 Machine [was Re: Undelete?]
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Richard Shea wrote:

> I've got a Windows2000 machine on the same LAN as my FreeBSD machine and I'd
> like to dump(8) to a disk on that machine (from there I can use a CD-burner).
>
> The man page for dump mentions that if I used host:file as a target I can
> backup to another machine. On the surface I might then think that :
>
> -f 192.168.10.2:C:\somedirectoryonwindows\
>
> would work but ITRW I've got a feeling this _won't_ work ! As the resulting
> files will be quite large I don't just want to suck it and see. Is anyone out there
> "dump"ing to a non-Unix machine and willing to tell me how they do it ?
>

You could use smbfs to mount the windows drive first, and then use
-f /mnt/windowsshare/dumpfile

I haven't tryed this, but it shuld work.

\Flemming


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