Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2000 21:59:53 -0800 (PST) From: wellsian <wellsian@caffeine.com> To: "Stephen D. Spencer" <bsd-q@boneyard.lawrence.ks.us> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: dump and multiple filesystems Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0002172136330.6882-100000@boris.netgate.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.10.10002172312500.2160-100000@madeline.boneyard.lawrence.ks.us>
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I'm not aware of a way to dump multiple filesystems in a single pass of dump, but you can certainly dump more than one filesystem per tape if you use the non-rewinding device for each dump. (The device name prefixed with "n".) Is this what you're looking for? Assuming you're using the rsa0 tape device: mt -f /dev/rsa0 rewind dump -0u -f /dev/nrsa0 filesystemA dump -0u -f /dev/nrsa0 filesystemB ...and so on... These two dumps will now be arranged in sequence on the one tape. And to restore stuff from filesystemB sometime in the future: mt -f /dev/rsa0 rewind mt -f /dev/nrsa0 fsf 1 restore -if /dev/nrsa0 You'll need to be diligent about logging backups, so you can find things later, but it works just fine. Hope this helps. Dave On Thu, 17 Feb 2000, Stephen D. Spencer wrote: > Greetings, > > I have a flawlesssly working Exebyte 2G 8mm drive operating perfectly on a > perfectly running 3.4 system. > > My question is whether or not there is a way to trick dump into not being > married to the idea of backing up one filesystem at a time. I realize that > there are ports for other backup systems; however, I like dump's relative > simplicity and (obvious) availability (yeah, okay. restore's interactive > mode :) On top of this, I have no need to store a 250M filesystem on a 2G > tape! > > Any hints, tips, blatent answers or redirections to a good FM would be > appreciated! > > Regards, > Stephen > > "Will there be another race to come along and take over for us? Maybe Martians > could do better than we've done. We'll make great pets..." [Perry Farrell] > > Stephen D. Spencer - Lawrence, KS > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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