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- From: jliddle@rs6000.cmp.ilstu.edu (Jean Liddle)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
- Subject: Re: Backing up to diskettes
- Keywords: TAR
- Message-ID: <1992Jul31.180125.20327@rs6000.cmp.ilstu.edu>
- Date: 31 Jul 92 18:01:25 GMT
- References: <Da0ooB1w164w@owl.isis.org>
- Organization: Illinois State University
- Lines: 32
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- In article <Da0ooB1w164w@owl.isis.org> doug@owl.isis.org (Douglas W Murray) writes:
- >
- >Could anyone enlighten me on how to go about in doing backups to t
- >diskettes (preferably with TAR) but I do think that (if memory serves
- >me right) only cpio is capable of backing up device files.
- >
- I use floptools combined with tar and compress to make multi-disk
- backups of my hd partitions. As per the note in floptools.shar:
-
- tar cvf - / | compress -v | wrflops /dev/fd0
-
- backs up stuff to multiple diskettes (it prompts for each new diskette)
- and
-
- rdflops /dev/fd0 | compress -d | tar xvf - filenames
-
- restores from diskette back to the hard drive. I tested this, and for
- me it works great. The only exception: when backing up, floptools doesn't
- reconginze the end of the backup and gives a message something like
- "comperssion to short" (???) and prompts for another disk. When you
- put in a 2nd disk the same thing happens. No big deal, just hit ctrl-c.
- This has no (apparent) effect on the quality of the backup - the message
- seems to arise becouse the backup is finished, with the last disk not
- being entirely full.
-
- hope this is of some help,
-
- Jean.
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