Date: Sun, 07 Nov 1999 20:30:48 -0500 From: Carroll Kong <damascus@eden.rutgers.edu> To: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Will Dump, backup to a file? Message-ID: <4.2.0.58.19991107202551.00c07220@email.eden.rutgers.edu>
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Hi. I am using FreeBSD 3.3-Release, and I wanted to know if I can do this dump -0 /opt/tmp/varback.dmp /var (where /opt/tmp is some other free slice) The situation is, I have an old celeron machine, and we are getting a new server. However, we want to move the freebsd setup we have from an ide drive to the new scsi drive we are getting. We do not have a tape backup. We just want to copy from one harddrive to another. So, my original plan was to boot back up with the old ide drive on the new server, either using cp -aR or tar the old file systems into the new drive which we will mount. Or, just reinstall a fresh freebsd setup on the scsi drive, and copy back the old data. However, dump seems to be the real answer here, however, everyone seems to talk about how it works on tape drives. I dont' want to see it wipe out any of my file systems, so I want to make sure this will work. Even though everything in UNIX is a file, I am not sure if it will work? Thanks in advance. -Carroll Kong To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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