Date: Wed, 5 Aug 1998 15:56:59 -0700 (PDT) From: Paul Wolstenholme <wolstena@sfu.ca> To: Mike Francis <derf@netxxpress.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Back-UPs Message-ID: <Pine.SGI.3.91.980805155309.27523C-100000@beaufort> In-Reply-To: <35C89A30.1CF7FEBE@netxxpress.net>
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Not long ago, I was asking the same question. If there was a consensus, it appeared to be that dump/restore was the way to go. There is suggested at the FreeBSD Homepage at the section in the HandBook dedicated to backups. The strength/weakness of dump is that it backs up file systems. If you installed FreeBSD using the defaults you would have 4 slices/partitions /,/var,/usr,swap. To do a full backup you would have to issues 3 separate dump commands (you don't have to worry about the swap). Most people I talked to have written scripts, programs or use Amanda to automate the process. Unlike other methods like tar, you do not have any constraints regarding long file names. The great thing about restore is that it has a interactive mode that makes it very easy to make selective restores. Both dump and restore on remote devices (e.g. dat). /Paul On Wed, 5 Aug 1998, Mike Francis wrote: > Hi > Whats the Best form of back up for freeBSD > The easest and best > I'm new at FreeBSD and reaaly need all the Help I can get > > Mike > > > > 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
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