From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Sep 27 9:49: 9 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from buffnet4.buffnet.net (buffnet4.buffnet.net [205.246.19.13]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6B0CE14F94 for ; Mon, 27 Sep 1999 09:49:05 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from shovey@buffnet.net) Received: from buffnet11.buffnet.net (buffnet11.buffnet.net [205.246.19.55]) by buffnet4.buffnet.net (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id MAA04514; Mon, 27 Sep 1999 12:49:02 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from shovey@buffnet.net) Date: Mon, 27 Sep 1999 12:49:02 -0400 (EDT) From: Steve Hovey To: Dave Rideout Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Backup Solution In-Reply-To: <37EF9F25.B1F2586C@quansoo.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG I gave up tar and uucp for pax which has more configurability and to us seems to do a better job of being sure the stuff is on the tape correctly and being sure it comes back off the tape as needed. I believe there to be a bug in uucp on freebsd - restores would frequent have parts of other files at the top of the restored file, etc - like there is a pointer slippage somewhere. On Mon, 27 Sep 1999, Dave Rideout wrote: > What is the best backup solution to use with FreeBSD? We currently have > a 8mm dat drive and use tar to send it to the tape. Wondering if there > are any software solutions > > Sincerely, > > Dave Rideout > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message