Date: Sun, 18 Apr 2010 10:55:33 -0500 From: "J.D. Bronson" <jd_bronson@sbcglobal.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Backing up freebsd to 1 file? Message-ID: <4BCB2B75.4070905@sbcglobal.net> In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1004180929070.57679@wonkity.com> References: <4BCB07C0.8010305@sbcglobal.net> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1004180929070.57679@wonkity.com>
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On 4/18/10 10:39 AM, Warren Block wrote: > If you don't have any other drives, where will the backup file be stored > so it survives a system failure or reinstall? > >> Thoughts on this would be appreciated... > > dump/restore is the standard safe way; you can send it over ssh to back > up to a file on another machine. Sometimes people use dd, which can be > effective if you use some tricks like filling unused space with zero so > compression is effective. > > There's another option. I've mentioned clonezilla.org here before as a > way to back up Windows systems; it's fast and only copies used sectors. I would sftp/scp the file over to another unix (or windows via samba) machine I have. Then burn the resulting file to DVD RW media. -- J.D. Bronson
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