Date: Fri, 2 Jun 1995 19:23:51 +0200 (MET DST) From: J Wunsch <j@uriah.heep.sax.de> To: john@pyromania.apana.org.au (John Herks) Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Backing up on Exabyte 8MM Tape ?? Message-ID: <199506021723.TAA15049@uriah.heep.sax.de> In-Reply-To: <199506020123.LAA05717@pyromania.apana.org.au> from "John Herks" at Jun 2, 95 11:23:38 am
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As John Herks wrote: > > > What is the correct format for backing up and restoring (a directory > tree) on a Exabyte tape drive ??? > > Do I use tar or mt ? The pro's and con's of tar vs. dump/restore have been discussed here recently. You've got the choice between tar, cpio and pax on the one hand, and dump/restore on the other. If you are adventurous, you can also make something like a backup with dd. :-) I hardly doubt you could make anything roughly comparable with a backup using ``mt''. ;-) -- cheers, J"org joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de -- http://www.sax.de/~joerg/ Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-)
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