Re: System Backup help.

2003-10-27 Thread Lowell Gilbert
"Micheal Patterson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I realize that a lot of folks prefer dump / restore for system backups, > however, to dump to tape, I would recommend using tar since that's what it > does best. As long as the system sees the tape drive, tar -c / dumps > everything to the tape dri

Re: System Backup help.

2003-10-26 Thread Micheal Patterson
- Original Message - From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, October 26, 2003 4:52 PM Subject: System Backup help. > I have been running BSD for a week or so now. I have everything setup > just right, Webmail, DNS, IMAP, Webserver, etc &g

Re: System Backup help.

2003-10-26 Thread DavidB
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have been running BSD for a week or so now. I have everything setup just right, Webmail, DNS, IMAP, Webserver, etc I just install a DDS-2 tape drive, I have been reading about using dump for backing up filesystems. How can I use dump to backup the entire drive? If

System Backup help.

2003-10-26 Thread whizkid
I have been running BSD for a week or so now. I have everything setup just right, Webmail, DNS, IMAP, Webserver, etc I just install a DDS-2 tape drive, I have been reading about using dump for backing up filesystems. How can I use dump to backup the entire drive? If I try using: dump 0 -A