From owner-freebsd-questions Mon May 11 13:01:12 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id NAA10442 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Mon, 11 May 1998 13:01:12 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from fire.mhi-tx.com (gateway.mhi-tx.com [204.137.142.225] (may be forged)) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id NAA10402 for ; Mon, 11 May 1998 13:00:54 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from robert@mhi-tx.com) Received: from robert.mhipriv.com (robert.mhi-tx.com [192.168.1.200]) by fire.mhi-tx.com (8.8.7/8.8.7) with SMTP id OAA00396 for ; Mon, 11 May 1998 14:59:28 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from robert@mhi-tx.com) Message-ID: <3557585D.1278@mhi-tx.com> Date: Mon, 11 May 1998 14:58:21 -0500 From: Robert X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.01Gold (Win95; I) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: cpio backup Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG hello, I am having a little trouble with cpio... I am not sure which options are best to use for a good full backup? I have waded through the options in the man page but I dont seem to know what half the stuff means. I just need a reliable backup. I have tried "find directory -print|cpio -ocv -O /dev/nrst0 and it seems to work but it says that is is trunkating inode numbers??? is this bad?? also I have not been able to "LOOK" at the contents of the tape after copying to it?? any help or pointers to the right direction would be greatly appreciated (I am using 2.2.5 an adaptec 2940OU and an hp surestore 2000) thanks in advance Robert To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message