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- From: sherwood@space.ualberta.ca (Sherwood Botsford)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.misc
- Subject: Re: dump and restore
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- Date: 24 Nov 92 00:00:44 GMT
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- David K. Drum (UC512052@mizzou1.missouri.edu) wrote:
- : Hello again,
- :
- : The Powers That Be are going to erase our home directories between
- : semesters, and since I have about 60MB of files to backup I would
- : like to make this simple as possible. I have perused the manuals
- : for dump and restore, and would like to ask all you really
- : knowledgable people if I have the commands right. I will be dumping
- : to HD floppy disks:
- :
- : dump 0Of 1.39 /dev/rfd0a
- : restore rjvf /dev/rfd0a
- :
- : I have a few concerns. One, should I use NeXT formatted disks, or
- : can I use DOS formatted disks? I would like to use DOS because there
- : is less file system overhead. If I should use NeXT, what would the
- : correct O parameter be? 1.3? Two, since I am not root, how can I
- : know that dump is only backing up my home directory and not everything?
- : Three, I am guessing that dump does no sort of compression; therefore,
- : might I be better off making a .tar.Z and somehow dumping that file
- : only?
- :
- : If there are any better ways to do this (Opener, maybe?) please clue
- : me in!
-
- 1. You don't want to use dump. Dump will only dump full partitions. It's
- somewhat unlikely that you want the entire partition. (I would be surprised
- if you have permission to do so.)
-
-
- 3. You may prefer to use Zip, organize your stuff into chunks that zip into
- sub floppy sized chunks, and keep it that way. Would mean that you don't
- have to spend forever inserting disks to get one file back.
-
- 4. While there is some additional overhead for Next format vs Dos format, the
- Next format is signficantly faster. Many fewer yawns.
-
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