From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jan 4 10:13:52 2005 Return-Path: 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 1E5AA16A4CE for ; Tue, 4 Jan 2005 10:13:52 +0000 (GMT) Received: from asmtp03.eresmas.com (asmtp03.eresmas.com [62.81.235.143]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 71D9443D53 for ; Tue, 4 Jan 2005 10:13:51 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from ea1abz@wanadoo.es) Received: from [192.168.108.56] (helo=mx01.eresmas.com) by asmtp03.eresmas.com with esmtp (Exim 4.30) id 1CllhF-0007Hy-Oh; Tue, 04 Jan 2005 11:13:49 +0100 Received: from [80.103.52.118] (helo=[80.103.52.118]) by mx01.eresmas.com with asmtp (Exim 4.41) id 1CllhE-0005BA-DS; Tue, 04 Jan 2005 11:13:49 +0100 Message-ID: <41DA6C93.9010801@wanadoo.es> Date: Tue, 04 Jan 2005 11:14:43 +0100 From: Ramiro Aceves User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 0.8 (X11/20040926) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: messmate References: <41D9B9AE.6090700@taborandtashell.net> <20050103234846.45cc5ca2@eric.placeverte.home> In-Reply-To: <20050103234846.45cc5ca2@eric.placeverte.home> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.86.1.0 X-Enigmail-Supports: pgp-inline, pgp-mime Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Score: 0.0 (/) X-Spam-Score: 0.0 (/) cc: freebsd-questions-en Subject: Re: Best way to back up to CD? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 04 Jan 2005 10:13:52 -0000 messmate wrote: > On Mon, 03 Jan 2005 13:31:26 -0800 > Tabor Kelly wrote: > > >>Hello, >> >>I would like to start making periodic backups to CD. I know I can make >>a tarball, and then create an iso with just that tarball on it, and >>then burn that to a cd, but is there a better way? I come from the Linux world, and I am only experimenting in FreeBSD since a while. In Linux, I am using my own script with "afio" , "cdrecord" (for CDs) and recently "growisofs" (for DVDs). Everything is on the ports here so I think you will be able to setup them in freebsd without trouble. If you need more info, I can send you my script (very simple, written in bash) so that you can use it and modify as you need. Ramiro. >> >>Specifically, I have read the into to backups in the Handbook and it >>says that dump/restore is superior to tar, but it looks like dump was >>only intended for tape drives. Am I reading this right? >> >>Thank You. >