maybe tar cvbkf /dev ... will work. Jude <dashielljt(at)gmpexpress-dot-net>
On Fri, 6 Dec 2002, Jerry James Haumberger wrote: > Hello everyone -- > > An old Slackware 3.0 manual suggests the following command with > tar for a full backup onto 3.5" floppy disks: > > tar cvfbk /dev/fd0 1440 4 / > > I've read that the "k" option is supposed to cause tar to prompt > for adding multiple disks as the archive exceeds the size of each > floppy disk, but I receive errors, and the backup stalls. > > Does anyone know of a one-line command string for using tar > to backup all that's necessary (I realize that *everything* > doesn't have to be backed up, such as empty directories, etc.)? > > And what would be the correct command using tar to restore this > backup? > > Can the multiple floppy disk archive be gzipped during the tar > archive process -- or would this make it impossible to restore > the archive later? > > Am I using the wrong utility to attempt floppy disk backups? > > I only have about 9 MBs of material (from BasicLinux) to > back up and am using a full version of tar from Slackware 3.5, > and I'm not working with a network here. > > Please excuse my ignorance, and thanks for any suggestions! > > > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in > the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs > - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs
