This isn't really a USB question, is it? Anyway, try "man dump" (if that 
doesn't work install the dump package).

On Thu, 16 May 2002, Haines Brown wrote:

> Well, I bought a USB 2.0 external mass storage device for a back up,
> and so far have partitioned it in the same fashion as the two drives I
> want to back up. My intention is to use a script to mirror the
> structure and content of my present two drives on this large external
> device, but I'm very uncertain as to just how to set it up.
> 
> There are 12 partitions on one drive and one on another that I want to
> back up. while I could mount all 13 partitions by creating mount
> points under /mnt and mirror each partition separately, I would rather
> simply mount the backup drive as a whole and then create a script that
> would backup everything to one mount point, but I don't know how to do
> it.
> 
> Haines Brown
> 
> 
> 
> 
> _______________________________________________________________
> 
> Have big pipes? SourceForge.net is looking for download mirrors. We supply
> the hardware. You get the recognition. Email Us: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> _______________________________________________
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> To unsubscribe, use the last form field at:
> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-usb-users
> 

-- 
 /------------------------------------+-------------------------\
|Stephen J. Gowdy                     | SLAC, MailStop 34,       |
|http://www.slac.stanford.edu/~gowdy/ | 2575 Sand Hill Road,     |
|http://calendar.yahoo.com/gowdy      | Menlo Park CA 94025, USA |
|EMail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]       | Tel: +1 650 926 3144     |
 \------------------------------------+-------------------------/


_______________________________________________________________

Have big pipes? SourceForge.net is looking for download mirrors. We supply
the hardware. You get the recognition. Email Us: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
_______________________________________________
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
To unsubscribe, use the last form field at:
https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-usb-users

Reply via email to