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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!news.wildstar.net!cancer.vividnet.com!hunter.premier.net!feed1.news.erols.com!tezcat!cam-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.bbnplanet.com!cpk-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!EU.net!howland.erols.net!surfnet.nl!news.tue.nl!asterix.urc.tue.nl!rcjvdb From: rcjvdb@urc.tue.nl (Jan van den Bosch) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: restore dumps to new disk? Date: 25 Nov 96 20:19:19 GMT Organization: Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands Lines: 37 Message-ID: <rcjvdb.848953159@asterix.urc.tue.nl> References: <E1FA5C.Iv@infosci.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: asterix.urc.tue.nl X-Newsreader: NN version 6.5.0 #10 (NOV) chris@infosci.org (Chris Boyes) writes: >The handbook describes how to restore a system backup made by >tape dumps (using dump) of the file systems after a disaster. I >assumed that applies to the same disk or a direct replacement. >Or is it possible to use a quite different size and possibly >even different interface. Replace an IDE with SCSI for instance. Usefull information is in the Unix System Manager's Manual (SMM) of BSD4.3 in chapter 6.4 'Moving file system data'. Yuo could even move filesystem data from one to another filesystem using a pipe with dump/restore. (only restriction: it should fit in it) >Providingi, of course that the disks are partitioned (Unix) in >the same way, although of a different size. >A tar backup would be OK, even with a different partition scheme. >However does (g)tar backup device files, even those large minor >no's now in FreeBSD? Tar must be used if you want to merge a filesystem into another. >Just a bit confused on backup policy. Since all my experiance has >been with Interactive SVR3 and 3rd party backup software. Don't >all laugh :-) >Thanks. > Chris - Jan >-- >Chris Boyes chris@infosci.org Surrey, UK. Tel +44-181-669-2838 >For information about Multiple Sclerosis on the WWW http://www.infosci.org/ >Or email infoserv@infosci.org, No Subject, 1 line in the message, info ms-docs