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Date:      Tue, 26 Aug 2003 12:49:43 -0400
From:      Chuck Swiger <cswiger@mac.com>
To:        Willie Pretorius <Willie.Pretorius@sandton.sema.slb.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Information Free BSD Imagin Utillities
Message-ID:  <3F4B8FA7.8090006@mac.com>
In-Reply-To: <27FB1953E2443846920C67993C157CA0E70E59@mail.sema.co.za>
References:  <27FB1953E2443846920C67993C157CA0E70E59@mail.sema.co.za>

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Willie Pretorius wrote:
> Are there any existing Utilities Available Wihich I could use to create a
> Complete Image (Backup Image) of a Server Running Free BSD.

Yes, FreeBSD ships with dump, tar, and cpio, which can all be used to take 
backups of directory trees or even entire filesystems.

> Does Free BSD Support USB. What would be the best way to go about creating
> the Image?

FreeBSD supports USB.  I don't understand how this question relates to the 
former one, but if you had a USB device like a tape drive (or even a big "USB 
pen drive"), you could store the backup image to one, if it fits.  :-)

-- 
-Chuck




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