From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Sep 11 13:39:41 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3A71D16A4BF for ; Thu, 11 Sep 2003 13:39:41 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail.worldvenue.org (mail.worldvenue.org [206.53.239.229]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 44D8D43FE9 for ; Thu, 11 Sep 2003 13:39:40 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from skidmore@worldvenue.org) Received: from mail.worldvenue.org (mail.worldvenue.org [206.53.239.229]) by mail.worldvenue.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 88A9C13901 for ; Thu, 11 Sep 2003 15:37:33 -0500 (EST) From: Barry Skidmore To: FreeBSD Mailing List Content-Type: text/plain Message-Id: <1063312653.23080.39.camel@mail.worldvenue.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.4 Date: Thu, 11 Sep 2003 15:37:33 -0500 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Establishing Backup/Restore System X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 11 Sep 2003 20:39:41 -0000 I just installed FreeBSD 5.1 on an i386 system several days ago, and am now in the process of setting up a backup/restore strategy. For backups I am using dump piped thru ssh to my linux box (RH 8.0), and that has worked well, at least for the initial backup. I have not set up incremental backups using cron yet, but I think that should be fairly straight forward. What I need help with is the restore piece. I am trying to build a restore floppy using the script in the FreeBSD Handbook: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/backup-basics.html I am having two problems so far. 1. I am getting syntax errors with some of the commands in the script: "disklabel: dev/fd0c: no such file or directory" ^ what is this 'c' doing here? "newfs: illegal option --t" "mount: /dev/fd0a: no such file or directory" ^ what is this 'a' doing here? 2. I do not have a MINI kernel on my system, which is needed on the backup floppy. The script gives a sample configuration file to build this MINI kernel. I have looked at the Handbook on building a custom kernel, but it is a bit confusing for someone new to unix, and I am not sure how the instructions need to be modified for this special case. One last point. I realize for my setup that I will also need to put ssh on this floppy. Has anyone done this, and does the program fit? Thanks, Barry -- Barry Skidmore