Re: Filesystems larger than the tapes you use...

2001-06-24 Thread Olivier Nicole
>I have a filesystem that's 26 gb but my tapes are dat dds3 12-24gb tapes, so >the filesystem wont fit even with good compression, any ideas on how to >fix/make a quick hack for this ? Use tar and back-up sub-directories... Olivier

Re: Filesystems larger than the tapes you use...

2001-06-19 Thread Joshua Baker-LePain
On Tue, 19 Jun 2001 at 9:53am, Michael Aronsen wrote > I have a filesystem that's 26 gb but my tapes are dat dds3 12-24gb tapes, so > the filesystem wont fit even with good compression, any ideas on how to > fix/make a quick hack for this ? > This is a FAQ. The canonical suggestion (and actually

Re: Filesystems larger than the tapes you use...

2001-06-19 Thread John R. Jackson
>I have a filesystem that's 26 gb but my tapes are dat dds3 12-24gb tapes, so >the filesystem wont fit even with good compression, any ideas on how to >fix/make a quick hack for this ? The "right" way (at the moment) to do this is to use GNU tar and back up the individual subdirectories of the fi

Filesystems larger than the tapes you use...

2001-06-19 Thread Michael Aronsen
How can I do this? I have a filesystem that's 26 gb but my tapes are dat dds3 12-24gb tapes, so the filesystem wont fit even with good compression, any ideas on how to fix/make a quick hack for this ? Michael Aronsen