28 Dec
2007
28 Dec
'07
8:33 p.m.
Jon Stanley wrote:
On Dec 28, 2007 10:16 AM, Les Mikesell lesmikesell@gmail.com wrote:
drive. Dump tends to be unhappy if the filesystem changes during the run, so you might be better off using tar. Also, some tape drives are
Note what Linus has to say on the topic here: http://lwn.net/2001/0503/a/lt-dump.php3
Old post, still applies just as well today as it did then.
And the rebuttal to Linus' view on dump/restore
http://dump.sourceforge.net/isdumpdeprecated.html
However keep in mind, dump will only work on a ext2 or ext3 filesystem.
To restore the filesystem you have a few methods, if you want to restore everything do the following:
cd /newfilesystem; restore rf /dev/{tapedevice}
Jeff