From owner-freebsd-doc Sat Aug 18 8:40:15 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.freebsd.org [216.136.204.21]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3EB7737B414 for ; Sat, 18 Aug 2001 08:40:01 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.11.4/8.11.4) id f7IFe1r89486; Sat, 18 Aug 2001 08:40:01 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from gnats) Received: from blueyonder.co.uk (pcow028o.blueyonder.co.uk [195.188.53.124]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C883337B410 for ; Sat, 18 Aug 2001 08:37:16 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jfm@blueyonder.co.uk) Received: from lexx.my.domain ([62.31.194.122]) by blueyonder.co.uk with Microsoft SMTPSVC(5.5.1877.687.68); Sat, 18 Aug 2001 16:37:23 +0100 Message-Id: Date: Sat, 18 Aug 2001 16:39:28 +0100 From: John Murphy Reply-To: jfm@blueyonder.co.uk To: freebsd-gnats-submit@freebsd.org Subject: docs/29848: Handbook Chapter 13 (Backups) minor changes Sender: owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org >Number: 29848 >Category: docs >Synopsis: Handbook Chapter 13 (Backups) minor changes >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: low >Responsible: freebsd-doc >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: doc-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Sat Aug 18 08:40:00 PDT 2001 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: John Murphy >Release: FreeBSD 4.3-STABLE i386 >Organization: >Environment: >Description: doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/backups/chapter.sgml Removed XXX* and XXX =46ixed some minor typos etc. Changed tabs to spaces in Example 13-2. A Script for Creating a Bootable = =46loppy (should make it look better). >How-To-Repeat: >Fix: Apply the following diff to: doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/backups/chapter.sgml Revision 1.42 --- chapter Fri Aug 17 21:48:26 2001 +++ chapter.patched Fri Aug 17 21:48:29 2001 @@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ =20 - XXX* Mini-Cartridge + Mini-Cartridge =20 @@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ the several minutes that would be required for other tapes. Software such as SAMS:Alexandria can operate forty or more AIT tape libraries, communicating directly with the tape's memory chip to display the - contents on screen, determine what files where backed up to which + contents on screen, determine what files were backed up to which tape, locate the correct tape, load it, and restore the data from the tape. =20 @@ -323,7 +323,7 @@ =20 &prompt.root; tar cf - . | rsh = hostname dd = of=3Dtape-device = obs=3D20b =20 - If you are worried about the security of backing over a = network + If you are worried about the security of backing up over a = network you should use the &man.ssh.1; command instead of &man.rsh.1;. =20 @@ -336,7 +336,7 @@ =20 &man.cpio.1; is the original Unix file interchange tape = program for magnetic media. &man.cpio.1; has options (among many others) to - perform byte-swapping, write a number of different archives format, + perform byte-swapping, write a number of different archive formats, and pipe the data to other programs. This last feature makes &man.cpio.1; and excellent choice for installation media. &man.cpio.1; does not know how to walk the directory tree and a list @@ -393,9 +393,9 @@ rather than a single program. An Amanda server will backup to a single tape drive any number of computers that have Amanda clients and a network connection to the Amanda server. A - common problem at locations with a number of large disks is - the length of time required to backup to data directly to tape - exceeds the amount of time available for the task. Amanda + common problem, at locations with a number of large disks, is + that the length of time required to backup the data directly to + tape exceeds the amount of time available for the task. Amanda solves this problem. Amanda can use a "holding disk" to backup several filesystems at the same time. Amanda creates "archive sets": a group of tapes used over a period of time to @@ -405,7 +405,7 @@ Restoring a damaged filesystem requires the most recent full backup and the incremental backups. =20 - The configuration file provides fine control backups and the + The configuration file provides fine control of backups and = the network traffic that Amanda generates. Amanda will use any of the above backup programs to write the data to tape. Amanda is available as either a port or a package, it is not installed by default. @@ -445,7 +445,7 @@ choice for preserving all your data and all the peculiarities of Unix filesystems is &man.dump.8;. Elizabeth created filesystems containing a large variety of unusual conditions (and some not so unusual ones) - and tested each program by doing a backup and restore of that + and tested each program by doing a backup and restore of those filesystems. The peculiarities included: files with holes, files with holes and a block of nulls, files with funny characters in their names, unreadable and unwritable files, devices, files that change @@ -483,7 +483,7 @@ step three. =20 Otherwise, you have to create two custom bootable - floppies which has a kernel that can mount all of your disks + floppies which have a kernel that can mount all of your disks and access your tape drive. These floppies must contain: &man.fdisk.8;, &man.disklabel.8;, &man.newfs.8;, &man.mount.8;, and whichever backup program you use. These @@ -565,44 +565,44 @@ The MINI kernel does not exist, please create one. Here is an example config file: # -# MINI -- A kernel to get FreeBSD on onto a disk. +# MINI -- A kernel to get FreeBSD onto a disk. # -machine "i386" -cpu "I486_CPU" -ident MINI -maxusers 5 +machine "i386" +cpu "I486_CPU" +ident MINI +maxusers 5 =20 -options INET # needed for _tcp _icmpstat _ipstat - # _udpstat _tcpstat _udb -options FFS #Berkeley Fast File System -options FAT_CURSOR #block cursor in syscons or pccons -options SCSI_DELAY=3D15 #Be pessimistic about Joe SCSI device -options NCONS=3D2 #1 virtual consoles -options USERCONFIG #Allow user configuration with -c XXX +options INET # needed for _tcp _icmpstat = _ipstat + # _udpstat _tcpstat = _udb +options FFS #Berkeley Fast File System +options FAT_CURSOR #block cursor in syscons or = pccons +options SCSI_DELAY=3D15 #Be pessimistic about Joe SCSI= device +options NCONS=3D2 #1 virtual consoles +options USERCONFIG #Allow user configuration with = -c =20 -config kernel root on da0 swap on da0 and da1 dumps on da0 +config kernel root on da0 swap on da0 and da1 dumps on da0 =20 -controller isa0 -controller pci0 +controller isa0 +controller pci0 =20 -controller fdc0 at isa? port "IO_FD1" bio irq 6 drq 2 vector fdintr -disk fd0 at fdc0 drive 0 +controller fdc0 at isa? port "IO_FD1" bio irq 6 drq 2 vector = fdintr +disk fd0 at fdc0 drive 0 =20 -controller ncr0 +controller ncr0 =20 -controller scbus0 +controller scbus0 =20 -device sc0 at isa? port "IO_KBD" tty irq 1 vector scintr -device npx0 at isa? port "IO_NPX" irq 13 vector npxintr +device sc0 at isa? port "IO_KBD" tty irq 1 vector scintr +device npx0 at isa? port "IO_NPX" irq 13 vector npxintr =20 -device da0 -device da1 -device da2 +device da0 +device da1 +device da2 =20 -device sa0 +device sa0 =20 -pseudo-device loop # required by INET -pseudo-device gzip # Exec gzipped a.out's +pseudo-device loop # required by INET +pseudo-device gzip # Exec gzipped a.out's EOM exit 1 fi @@ -644,7 +644,7 @@ # create minimum filesystem table # cat > /mnt/etc/fstab <However, if you have no other method of backing up your data= then floppy disks are better than no backup at all. =20 - If you do have to use floppy disks then ensure that you use = good - quality ones. Floppies that have been lying around the office for a - couple of years are a bad choice. Ideally use new ones from a - reputable manufacturer. + If you do have to use floppy disks then= ensure + that you use good quality ones. Floppies that have been lying = around + the office for a couple of years are a bad choice. Ideally use = new ones + from a reputable manufacturer. =20 >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted: X-send-pr-version: 3.113 X-GNATS-Notify: To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message