There is also a program called rsync that will copy from one disk to another. One advantage of using this program is that you can set it to ONLY copy new files or files that have changed,
If you format the backup disk as bootable and then all you might need is a change in fstab to get it to boot. I use it all the time to make a bootable backup. tony > > dick hoogendijk writes: > > On Dec 14 Gary wrote: > > > I'm not aware of an advantage or disadvantage to using dump/restore > > > (except for restoring from tape) > > > > Hmmm, I don't have a tape-unit unfortunately. Always clone to another > > harddive. Not quite sure what you mean right here. > > > > I use dump/restore for doing backups to tape, not for cloning file > systems. ``restore -i'' is nice because it lets the user pick and > choose which files (s)he ( non-sexist :) wants to restore beforehand. > That's what I was thinking of when I wrote the above. And of course, > dump/restore are the standard way to backup file systems to tape in > the *NIX world. > > --- > Gary Jennejohn / [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
