Re: Debian (not Linux) ne

[Paul Christenson]

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 My /home and /usr/local are two of the places which have exceeded the
 limits of a single tape.  Guess I have to come up with another way
 then.

I know that 'tar' can backup across multiple tapes, and I'm sure that
most all of the programs out there can do it as well.

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Debian (not Linux) ne

[bob . billson]

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use multi-volume backups as I do them off-line anyway.  I just define my
backup volumes such that they will fit on one 170 MB tape. That holds
/etc, /home and /usr/local, which is all I need. 

My /home and /usr/local are two of the places which have exceeded the
limits of a single tape.  Guess I have to come up with another way then. 
One alternative is a commercial program such as BRU. I've heard it is a
good program, but I have no experience with it.

Thanks anyway for the reply, Dirk.

   Bob  
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