From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Dec 31 09:26:29 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id JAA22529 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Thu, 31 Dec 1998 09:26:29 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from hyperhost.net (ether.lightrealm.com [207.159.132.5]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id JAA22524 for ; Thu, 31 Dec 1998 09:26:28 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from patseal@hyperhost.net) Received: from port10.annex8.radix.net (port10.annex8.radix.net [205.252.108.10]) by hyperhost.net (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id MAA28037; Thu, 31 Dec 1998 12:26:05 -0500 (EST) Date: Thu, 31 Dec 1998 12:25:57 -0500 (EST) From: Patrick Seal To: Marc Andre Paquin cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD tree and backups In-Reply-To: <368CFBF0.31ED4BE7@interresa.ca> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG With the price of Hard Drives as they are now, I would just get a nice big juicy 8-16gig HD to backup with. It would be a lot cheaper (faster and reliable) than getting a tape drive. Okay It would also be hard to transport but that seems okay in your situation. Right? _____________________________ Patrick Seal Hyperhost hosting and Design http://www.hyperhost.net On Fri, 1 Jan 1999, Marc Andre Paquin wrote: > Hello! Happy holidays!!! > > 2 questions about backups: > > 1) With the default setup of the 3 partitions of FreeBSD (/usr , /var , > the rest) > is it a good idea to backup only data files (on a web server). I am used > to make a full backup every time on a tape a work. But at home, I can't > afford a tape backup a doing a full bk means more than a 1.2 Gig ! It > seems to me that data is every where and I risk to loose data... > > 2) this leads to my second question: What are my options for a good and > AFFORDABLE backup that would be used with FreeBSD AND Win95 since my HD > is split with 2 OS. Does Imation LS120 compatible with FBSD? > > It seems like the only solution is to have a second HD with 2 partitions > (DOS and BSD) and a sliding tray to remove the device. That way, with a > 5Gig HD, I would be able to backup FreeBSD in Full mode. > > Do you have suggestions on this matter? > -- > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Marc Andre Paquin, Dir. IT > Echo Technologies inc. > > www.interresa.ca > > Reseau Touristique / Tourism network > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message