Date: Tue, 4 Sep 2001 19:08:46 -0300 From: Fernan Aguero <fernan@iib.unsam.edu.ar> To: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: dump on CD (linux only?) Message-ID: <20010904190846.D3750@iib005.iib.unsam.edu.ar>
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+-----[ Quoting from the cdwrite mailing list: | | I just want to tell you that the most recent version of | dump/restore (version 0.4b23) plus a tiny patch (see below) | enables you to pipe the output of dump directly into | cdrecord. This includes compression and splitting into | chunks which fit onto a CD. The compression is quite effective, | my 5.8 Gb root fs fits onto 2 CDs (0.65 Gb each) and | my /usr/local fs (over 9Gb) fits onto 7 CDs (0.7 Gb each). | | For my 900 MHz Pentium III compression (flag -z6) is fast | enough for my CD burner (4x). I suppose it could deliver | data even fast enough for an (8x) burner. | You save time and money (less CDs) | Furthermore it supports incremental dumps. | | Lateron, restore can directly read the (e.g.) /dev/cdrom | device. It's very comfortable; in its interactive mode | you can select simple files, directory-trees or the | full filesystem for recovery. | For those who don't have a streamer that's a appealing | solution. | | WARNING: You DO NEED the patched version of restore on | your favourite rescue disk to restore things if your filesystem | containing restore has broken down. | +-----] See ftp://ftp.igpm.rwth-aachen.de/pub/jarausch/Dump_On_CD/Dump_on_CD.readme and ftp://ftp.igpm.rwth-aachen.de/pub/jarausch/Dump_On_CD/dump-04b23CD.diff The dump that is being talk about is the one hosted at sourceforge: http://sourceforge.net/projects/dump/ Project: Dump/Restore ext2fs backup utilities OS: Linux Apparently the modifications to dump include a new switch to let restore work with multi-volume (non-tape) media. Is this something that can be easily propagated to FreeBSD dump? I'm relatively new to programming and definitely not versed at all on C/C++ so I'm not for the task :( Comments? Fernan To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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