On Fri, Oct 12, 2001 at 09:36:15AM +0200, Philippe Amelant wrote: > le jeu 11-10-2001 à 17:45, [EMAIL PROTECTED] a écrit : > > In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> you write: > > > I'm seting up to backup a Debina Linux machine that has ResierFS > > > filesystems. Is there a version of dump for this? Or must I use Gnu tar? > > Hi > > > > Hans has said on a number of occasions that tar is the way to go. > > is this true for all filesystem type ? >
at least for ext2: Because of buffer handling changes in Linux 2.4 dump must not be used for ext2 filesystems. -- Alles Gute / best wishes Dietmar Goldbeck E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reporter (to Mahatma Gandhi): Mr Gandhi, what do you think of Western Civilization? Gandhi: I think it would be a good idea.