From owner-freebsd-scsi Mon Jun 24 05:23:29 1996 Return-Path: owner-freebsd-scsi Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id FAA15363 for freebsd-scsi-outgoing; Mon, 24 Jun 1996 05:23:29 -0700 (PDT) Received: from dns1.vsnet.ch (dns1.vsnet.ch [153.109.10.11]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id FAA15322 for ; Mon, 24 Jun 1996 05:23:21 -0700 (PDT) Received: from aletsch.esis.vsnet.ch by dns1.vsnet.ch with SMTP (1.38.193.4/16.2) id AA12616; Mon, 24 Jun 1996 14:21:40 +0200 Received: from icare-gilles.itech.ch by aletsch.esis.vsnet.ch (AIX 3.2/UCB 5.64/4.03) id AA13570; Mon, 24 Jun 1996 14:22:46 GMT Date: Mon, 24 Jun 1996 14:22:46 GMT Message-Id: <9606241422.AA13570@aletsch.esis.vsnet.ch> X-Sender: tschopp@aletsch.esis.vsnet.ch X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Light Version 1.5.2 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: gwk@cray.com From: Gilles Tschopp Subject: Re: How to use Syquest EZ-135 as backup drive ? Cc: scsi@FreeBSD.org Sender: owner-freebsd-scsi@FreeBSD.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk I resent my message in order that scsi@FreeBSD.org will receive it, which it wasn't the case in my previous message. At 13:12 24/06/96 +0200, you wrote: >If this thing *is* a disk, and Gilles is a newbie, he'll probably have I'm a newbie ONLY on the administration part of UNIX ... Not the basis of UNIX ! ... My biggest problem is the lack of French and English documentation in Switzerland ... I have a book, but the TAR command is explained in two or three sentences... and the MAN page is too obscure for me. I need some pratical examples. And I'm still expecting a book which I ordered for three weeks. >a hard time to get it disklabel(8)'ed and newfs'ed. I think the >easiest route for him would then be to I know about disklabel and newfs ... But it isn't my aim. > > f) Check the /dev directory for an entry for the "sdX" > (substitute actual unit number for X) found during the > probe. Both the basic "sdX" and the "sdX{a,b,c...}" > partitions should be there. If they aren't, run "MAKDEDEV > sdXa" while in the /dev directory. > >It should now be possible to access the EZ-135. The whole volume will >be /dev/sdXc. Any partitions created in c) would be usable also, if >one desires to subdivide the unit. It is already done. I have done enough experimentations through FreeBSD ! :-) I installed FreeBSD since three weeks. The EZ-135 is affected ad "sd1a" device. My goal is to make a comprehensive backup of my FreeBSD system, and the TAR command is too obscure for me, until I'll get the expecting book. But it is better to doing the backup process now ... So I would like to get a good and _safe_ method to backup the whole FreeBSD to my EZ-135. Thank you for your help. Gilles. ******************************************* Gilles Tschopp, Informaticien de gestion ES gilles.tschopp@esis.vsnet.ch http://icare.itech.ch http://esis.vsnet.ch http://www.vsnet.ch *******************************************