-----Original Message----- From: AragonX [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2003 8:02 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: backup scripts
Is there an easy way to get dump to put multiple volumes on a single tape? <quote who="Gordon Messmer"> > tar is fine for getting a directory and its contents, but for anything > more complex, it's much harder to live with. cpio and dump are both > able to back up a directory without its contents, which is important if > you expect that permissions may change (and should be restored) in an > incremental backup. tar handles only the most basic of situations. use the no rewind device for the tape (/dev/nst0). i.e. dump three partitions onto one tape: dump -a0uf /dev/nst0 /dev/sda1 dump -a0uf /dev/nst0 /dev/sda2 dump -a0uf /dev/st0 /dev/sda3 - last one one use the rewind device (/dev/st0) also to restore say /dev/sda2: mt -f /dev/nst0 fsf 1 restore -if /dev/nst0 man dump man mt man st hth ~smbinyon -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
