From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat May 13 04:07:33 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 848AD16A409 for ; Sat, 13 May 2006 04:07:33 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from atom.powers@gmail.com) Received: from nz-out-0102.google.com (nz-out-0102.google.com [64.233.162.203]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CD17243D68 for ; Sat, 13 May 2006 04:07:24 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from atom.powers@gmail.com) Received: by nz-out-0102.google.com with SMTP id i28so586948nzi for ; Fri, 12 May 2006 21:07:23 -0700 (PDT) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=E1b7QbtAJG6Ar3Z78OF6aIb5yhQ84p47BWH3KebKTZpbabK6MajEtOUMFrAea948T88huoychCrlKDjY91t1gUn77TyrntsX7RrLzb5NTq+Ae+Lf8DG8oT/fgp6GqfNLsJXG3IODWQ2SU/NRn6MFIJ7scSbzI/2He3N1PtnHrwk= Received: by 10.64.3.9 with SMTP id 9mr302762qbc; Fri, 12 May 2006 21:07:23 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.65.150.9 with HTTP; Fri, 12 May 2006 21:07:23 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: Date: Fri, 12 May 2006 21:07:23 -0700 From: "Atom Powers" To: "Graham Bentley" In-Reply-To: <20060513020501.GA6882@pigger.n0qds.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline References: <20060307120034.063B116A420@hub.freebsd.org> <000901c641f0$c6e39d40$0807a8c0@admin> <20060513020501.GA6882@pigger.n0qds.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Tape backup / Bizzare Device Question X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 13 May 2006 04:07:34 -0000 > Graham Bentley said: > > Is there a way to create a hdd resore solution with > > set of boot floppies that will support my tape drive > > access the tape and restore the entire hard disc in > > case of disc failure disaster ? ie So I could install > > a new disc and be up and running without doing any > > additional admin? I guess like a 'ghost' for scsi tape ? > > > > Any advice / links etc apperciated. Look at Bacula. http://www.bacula.org/ Although I haven't bothered to create a restore boot-cd yet, my restore procedure doesn't require it, I believe I saw documentation about it somewhere in there. Plus it's a fine backup/restore application. --=20 -- Perfection is just a word I use occasionally with mustard. --Atom Powers--