From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Nov 8 21:15:54 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id VAA11152 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Sun, 8 Nov 1998 21:15:54 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from n4hhe.ampr.org (tnt2-39.HiWAAY.net [208.147.148.39]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id VAA11142 for ; Sun, 8 Nov 1998 21:15:50 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dkelly@n4hhe.ampr.org) Received: from n4hhe.ampr.org (localhost.ampr.org [127.0.0.1]) by n4hhe.ampr.org (8.9.1/8.9.1) with ESMTP id WAA07505 for ; Sun, 8 Nov 1998 22:29:19 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from dkelly@n4hhe.ampr.org) Message-Id: <199811090429.WAA07505@n4hhe.ampr.org> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 2/24/98 To: questions@FreeBSD.ORG From: David Kelly Subject: Re: tar disaster recovery questions In-reply-to: Message from mike@sentex.net (Mike Tancsa) of "Mon, 09 Nov 1998 01:59:54 GMT." <36464af7.634731896@mail.sentex.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Sun, 08 Nov 1998 22:29:18 -0600 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Mike Tancsa writes: > Using tar, I find the following switches a little more useful > > tar -p -l -c -f /dev/nrst0 / > tar -p -l -c -f /dev/nrst0 /usr > tar -p -l -c -f /dev/nrst0 /var > and so on... > > This backups the data onto tape in separate sections so you can > quickly fast forward to the required section Think -p is do-nothing when creating the original tape. I do similar to the above but generally only bother to do /etc, /var, and /home. If I have a real disaster would rather reinstall OS from the CD(s). /var/db/pkg lists the optional packages so I'd know what to reinstall from ports. -- David Kelly N4HHE, dkelly@nospam.hiwaay.net ===================================================================== The human mind ordinarily operates at only ten percent of its capacity -- the rest is overhead for the operating system. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message