Re: Backup Tar

2003-06-28 Thread Doug Hardie
On Saturday, Jun 28, 2003, at 05:48 US/Pacific, Bill Moran wrote: DanB wrote: If I tar my files on freebsd box then FTP them to a window 98 box can I use that file to reinstall on a new Freebsd box? You're a little vague ... But as long as you do the FTP transfer in binary mode you'll be able

Re: Backup Tar

2003-06-28 Thread Bill Moran
DanB wrote: If I tar my files on freebsd box then FTP them to a window 98 box can I use that file to reinstall on a new Freebsd box? You're a little vague ... But as long as you do the FTP transfer in binary mode you'll be able to unpack the tar archive again. If you properly tarred up everythi

Backup Tar

2003-06-27 Thread DanB
If I tar my files on freebsd box then FTP them to a window 98 box can I use that file to reinstall on a new Freebsd box? Dan ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail t