Date: Mon, 12 Mar 2001 03:05:27 +1000 From: "Doug Young" <dougy@bryden.apana.org.au> To: "Michael Conlen" <meconlen@obfuscated.net>, "Matthew Rudderham" <matt@cape-breton-island.com>, <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: What Are Standard Procedures For System Backup Message-ID: <022501c0aa4d$a96a65e0$0200a8c0@apana.org.au> References: <NFBBJNNKKLIPPJPMCEAPEECOCBAA.meconlen@obfuscated.net>
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In order to "dump" EVERYTHING on a hard drive to a file, what command needs to be used ?? I looked at "man dump" & the handbook section on backup but neither provides much help ... nothing of consequence in the mailing list archives either. > You can dump with the -f filename option to dump to a file, then copy to the > windows machine using the file transfer method of choice and burn to CD. > > -- > Groove On Dude > Michael Conlen > Obfuscated Networking > meconlen@obfuscated.net > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > > [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Matthew > > Rudderham > > Sent: Saturday, March 10, 2001 10:53 PM > > To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > > Subject: What Are Standard Procedures For System Backup > > > > > > Hi, > > I currently administer my FreeBSD 4.0-Release box mostly via SSH since the > > monitor died. I was recently looking into doing a CVSup of my sources and > > it of course recommended a full backup. Up until now, I'm not proud to > > say I've never completed one. What are the standard procedures for > > backing up a FreeBSD System? > > I have read the handbook sections, however they seem to only > > adress tape backup methods, which unfortunately isn't useful to me. I have > > a Win machine on my network with a cd burner, and this would be my > > preferred method, or a tarball that could be stored on another > > machine on the network would also be an option that I could add to > > my cron I suppose? Thanks for the help. > > > > - Matt Rudderham > > > > > > 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 > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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