From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jan 11 17:33:21 2008 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 B0E2716A418 for ; Fri, 11 Jan 2008 17:33:21 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from sebosik@demax.sk) Received: from mail.demax.sk (mail.demax.sk [213.215.102.234]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 635E313C458 for ; Fri, 11 Jan 2008 17:33:21 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from sebosik@demax.sk) Received: from mail.demax.sk (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by nod32.demax.sk (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5BC7342B17; Fri, 11 Jan 2008 18:33:20 +0100 (CET) X-Virus-Scanner: This message was checked by NOD32 Antivirus system NOD32 for Linux Mail Server. For more information on NOD32 Antivirus System, please, visit our website: http://www.nod32.com/. Received: from [192.168.1.2] (2D204.demax.sk [195.62.17.204]) by mail.demax.sk (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3BB1542AF9; Fri, 11 Jan 2008 18:33:19 +0100 (CET) Message-ID: <4787A863.9070308@demax.sk> Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2008 18:33:23 +0100 From: Jan Sebosik User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.9 (X11/20071117) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Roland Smith , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <57024.158.193.82.109.1200042932.squirrel@webmail.demax.sk> <20080111170430.GB83724@slackbox.xs4all.nl> In-Reply-To: <20080111170430.GB83724@slackbox.xs4all.nl> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-2; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Subject: Re: BACKUP: multiple DVDs, burning from pipe 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, 11 Jan 2008 17:33:21 -0000 Roland Smith wrote: > On Fri, Jan 11, 2008 at 10:15:32AM +0100, sebosik@demax.sk wrote: >> Hi all >> >> is there any way how to backup filesystem with ACL's and permissions >> directly from stdin to multiple DVDs? > > With a little work, yes. > > The only way to backup UFS filesystems with ACLs etc is dump. Make sure > that you have a filesystem with >4GB free space. Add a directory on this > fs, and set the nodump flag. > > Have a look at the 'dodumps' script on my FreeBSD page; > http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/freebsd/index.html#backups > > If you use dump like I do in dodumps, it splits the output in DVD-sized > chunks. After every chunk, it waits for you to type 'yes' to proceed. > > So what you can do is burn the first dumpfile to a DVD (don't bother > wrapping a cd9660 fs around it), delete it, and then continue with the dump. > > Alternatively, you could buy an external USB harddisk which will have > room to spare and save you dumps on that. :-) > > Roland Hi I just wanted to do backup of some machines (Linux & FreeBSD mixed env.). Every machine has DVD burner and directory that is bigger than media size (>4GB). I thought about some universal solution for both OSs. I found project called cdbackup, but it is only avaliable for Linux. Combined with star I think it should be enough for my needs.