Great. That's what I'm doing now but I wasn't sure if there was a better way to do it.
<quote who="Binyon Steve Contr Det 4 AFC2TIG/ASRCC"> > > -----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 > -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
