From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Nov 24 00:12:57 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id AAA14961 for questions-outgoing; Mon, 24 Nov 1997 00:12:57 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions) Received: from wired.ctech.ac.za (wired.ctech.ac.za [155.238.4.21]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id AAA14948 for ; Mon, 24 Nov 1997 00:12:51 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jacques@wired.ctech.ac.za) Received: from wired.ctech.ac.za (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by wired.ctech.ac.za (8.8.7/8.8.7) with SMTP id KAA07540 for ; Mon, 24 Nov 1997 10:12:26 +0200 (SAT) (envelope-from jacques@wired.ctech.ac.za) Message-ID: <347936EA.167EB0E7@wired.ctech.ac.za> Date: Mon, 24 Nov 1997 10:12:26 +0200 From: Jacques Hugo X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.04 (X11; I; FreeBSD 2.2.5-RELEASE i386) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: some backup questions Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Hi there... I'm running some backups here to a DAT drive, but I'd like to know if I'm doing this right or where I can improve. This is what I usually do: % mt -f /dev/nrst0 erase % mt -f /dev/nrst0 retension Is this ok? Do I have to erase ("format ??") the new tape everytime? Then: % tar -czvf /dev/nrst0 /usr/home/user After this, do I have to write some 'eof' stuff to the volume I backed up, or can I just continue with another file system? I keep log of everything I back up. And if I want to restore some data, I; % mt -f /dev/nrst0 rewind % mt -f /dev/nrst0 fsf 3 (for eg.) % tar -xzvf /dev/nrst0 I'd like to here how you guys do it. Thanks for the help. -Jacques ------------------------------------------------------ The box said "Requires Windows 3.1 or better" ... so I got BSD System Administrator | Jacques Hugo UNIX Systems | jacques@wired.ctech.ac.za Cape Technikon | +27-21-4603584 ------------------------------------------------------