On Tue, Mar 18, 2003 at 07:53:17AM -0800, David Olbersen wrote: > > And I'm quite confused based on the two. I obviously don't want to have any problems > using tar, and that last article doesn't leave me with the idea that things have > been fixed! > > I also read the recent posts which make it sound like tar will work just fine. > > Due to other reasons I'm using amanda-2.4.1p1 on the backup server, and newer > versions on the clients. > > Any suggestions? This partition could end up being ~100GB or even 200GB.
Works fine here for years with 2.4.2. Basic scheme, using my large partition, "/w" as an example. My /w shows this list of files and directories: dumplist dutch jg1 Packages tape8 dumps InstalledPkg lost+found recov UserGuides My disklist contains these: butch /w wcomp-root-tar 2 butch /w/InstalledPkg comp-root-tar 2 butch /w/Packages comp-root-tar 2 butch /w/jg1 comp-root-tar 2 butch /w/tape8 comp-root-tar 2 Note the different dumptype for the /w entry. The only difference is that dumptype wcomp-root-tar uses a different exclude file than does comp-root-tar. It specifically excludes ./InstalledPkg, ./Packages, ./jg1, and ./tape8 as well as all the things excluded by the other dumptypes. So my large disklist entry, /w is broken into 5 pieces, four getting specific subdirectory trees, the last collecting all that remains, but not the 4 specific subdir trees. HTH, jon -- Jon H. LaBadie [EMAIL PROTECTED] JG Computing 4455 Province Line Road (609) 252-0159 Princeton, NJ 08540-4322 (609) 683-7220 (fax)
