On Fri, 22 Jul 2011 12:04:30 -0500 Frank Smith <fsm...@hoovers.com> wrote:
> Tar deals with filesystems, so you need to either change /dev/md0 > to / (or whatever directory is mounted on it), or use dump, which > deals with devices. Personally, I'd stick with tar, but others may > prefer to use dump. In the past, conventional wisdom among Amanda users has been that dump on Linux was broken, and tar preferred (specifically GNU tar of specific versions). I don't know if this wisdom is still valid. The wiki appears to be silent on this. In any case, I run a tar only shop. -- Charles Curley /"\ ASCII Ribbon Campaign Looking for fine software \ / Respect for open standards and/or writing? X No HTML/RTF in email http://www.charlescurley.com / \ No M$ Word docs in email Key fingerprint = CE5C 6645 A45A 64E4 94C0 809C FFF6 4C48 4ECD DFDB
