Re: Quick, simple backup solution

2005-12-25 Thread Teo De Las Heras
Lowell, Great Site!! Thanks... http://be-well.ilk.org/~lowell/systuff On 23 Dec 2005 15:29:41 -0500, Lowell Gilbert [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Joe Wood [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I am looking for a quick backup solution for my freebsd machine. Currently I backup to a DDS-4 DAT drive using

RE: Quick, simple backup solution

2005-12-25 Thread Ted Mittelstaedt
What is wrong with this? I prefer the KISS principle with backups too. If your entire system fits on a DDS4 tape then what is wrong with this? Just put the statement in /etc/crontab and remember to change tapes. Ted -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Quick, simple backup solution

2005-12-23 Thread Lowell Gilbert
Joe Wood [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I am looking for a quick backup solution for my freebsd machine. Currently I backup to a DDS-4 DAT drive using the following while in /: tar -cf /dev/sa0 -I /root/includes -X /root/excludes . I am aware of bacula, Amanda, cpio, and dump but to