From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Oct 16 21:13:25 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 489F6106566C for ; Fri, 16 Oct 2009 21:13:25 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from stevan-tiefert@kabelmail.de) Received: from smtpa1.mediabeam.com (smtpa1.mediabeam.com [194.25.41.13]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BC4B08FC2C for ; Fri, 16 Oct 2009 21:13:24 +0000 (UTC) Received: from r300-1 (balancer4.mediabeam.com [194.25.41.40]) by smtpa1.mediabeam.com (8.13.8/8.13.1) with ESMTP id n9GLDMxI011013 for ; Fri, 16 Oct 2009 23:13:22 +0200 Received: from [88.134.61.105] (88-134-61-105-dynip.superkabel.de [88.134.61.105]) (authenticated bits=0) by smtpa.mediabeam.com (8.13.8/8.13.1) with ESMTP id n9GLDMoV011009 for ; Fri, 16 Oct 2009 23:13:22 +0200 From: Stevan Tiefert To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain Date: Fri, 16 Oct 2009 23:13:21 +0200 Message-Id: <1255727601.4640.4.camel@x1-6-00-11-09-00-e4-00.search.b.superkabel.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.24.1.1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: small question about tape-based dumps 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: Fri, 16 Oct 2009 21:13:25 -0000 Hello list, one example: If I have three partitions and I want to backup every day these partitions, will I need 21 tapes? I ask because it seems it is not possible to place more than one dump on one tape, isn't it? With regards Stevan Tiefert