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Date:      Mon, 15 Mar 1999 21:31:38 -0500 (EST)
From:      "Crist J. Clark" <cjc@cc942873-a.ewndsr1.nj.home.com>
To:        blisowes@cgocable.net (Brad Lisoweski)
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Backing up FreeBSD and Connecting to Novell
Message-ID:  <199903160231.VAA02072@cc942873-a.ewndsr1.nj.home.com>
In-Reply-To: <3.0.5.32.19990315191322.00a033f0@pop.cgocable.net> from Brad Lisoweski at "Mar 15, 99 07:13:22 pm"

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Brad Lisoweski wrote,
> 1) I want to back up the system.  I don't have a tape drive or other way to
> back up the system.  I was hoping to some how backup the system to a file
> and then download it off site. Once I've downloaded it, I can burn it to
> CD.  Is there any way to easily do this (the back up, I can download just
> fine thanks.) :)

I hope you have plenty of free disk space. Anyway, just do,

# dump -0auf filename filesystem

where 'filename' is the regular filename of your choosing and
'filesystem' is the filesystem you are backing up.

If space _is_ an issue, you might consider compressing the dump
output,

# dump -0auf - filesystem | gzip > filname

I do this all of the time when I backup to removable SCSI drives (Jaz
drive)... which I just realized I forgot to do at work today. :/

> 2) There is the possibility that I'm going to have to connect this box to a
> Novell network.  The Novell network is running IPX.  Does FreeBSD have any
> means to do this?

Type 'man ipx,' see 'http://www.netcon.com,' and search for 'IPX' in
'/sys/i386/conf/LINT' for starting points. 
-- 
Crist J. Clark                           cjclark@home.com


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