Date: Mon, 15 Jan 1996 10:35:10 +0100 (MET) From: "Werner Griessl" <croot@btp1da.phy.uni-bayreuth.de> To: neil@synthcom.com (Neil Bradley) Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Dump/backup stuff Message-ID: <199601150935.KAA03305@btp1da.phy.uni-bayreuth.de> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSD.3.91.960113160245.1686A-100000@beacon.synthcom.com> from "Neil Bradley" at Jan 13, 96 04:04:34 pm
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> > I finally got my 2GB tape drive running. I can successfully (I think) > dump my / filesystem. I'd also like to append my /usr filesystem to the > end of it as well. It's not clear to me as to how to do this. What I'm > currently using is: > > dump 0f - / | gzip | dd of=/dev/rst0 bs=32k > > Is this what I should be using? Things appear to work. > > Also, what do I use to verify that what was written actually got written? > Is there a sort of ls style listing I can get off of the tape? > > Thanks! > > -->Neil > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Synthcom System's homepage: http://www.synthcom.com/ > Europa Upgrade, Synth patches (D-50, Xpander/Matrix 12), used gear pricelist > > > Hi Neil, For a whole backup of your system you should do: mt -f /dev/rst0 rewind dump 0usdf 200000 1000 /dev/nrst0 /dev/rwd0a # / dump 0usdf 200000 1000 /dev/nrst0 /dev/rwd0e # /var dump 0usdf 200000 1000 /dev/nrst0 /dev/rwd0f # /usr mt -f /dev/rst0 rewind Note the 'n' in the tape-device, it means "non-rewindable" ! and use the right disk-devices for your system. Hope this helps Werner
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