Re: File transfer from NetBSD to OpenBSD
On Sun, Mar 1, 2015 at 10:40 AM, etie...@magickarpet.org wrote: Hello there, Could anyone recommend which filesystem type to use when backing up a few hundred GB of files from NetBSD onto a USB disk, planning to restore them on an OpenBSD machine. I remember distantly that last time I tried with FFS, it didn't work. I assume NFS/scp/rsync is out of the question? I've successfully used FreeBSD FFS partitions in NetBSD, after adjusting the MBR partition type (A5/A6/A9) and disklabel (renamed sd0d to sd0h since NetBSD uses sd0c for the entire BSD MBR partition and sd0d for the entire disk), so I would expect it to work with these adjustments, but it is by no means guaranteed (this was several versions ago), and caveat emptor applies. tar is good and simple if you're restoring the whole thing right away, but if you want to easily get various individual files out of the backup or rearrange the structure, rsync to ext2 (or ffs, maybe) would be better.
Re: File transfer from NetBSD to OpenBSD
On Sun, Mar 1, 2015 at 12:06 PM, Janjaap van Velthooven janj...@stack.nl wrote: On Sun, Mar 01, 2015 at 04:40:25PM +, etie...@magickarpet.org wrote: Hello there, Could anyone recommend which filesystem type to use when backing up a few hundred GB of files from NetBSD onto a USB disk, planning to restore them on an OpenBSD machine. I remember distantly that last time I tried with FFS, it didn't work. Personally I would just try to tar to the usb device and skip having a filesystem on the usb device; that way there is no filesystem to be incompatible. Such a simple and elegant solution. Having never done this before I just tested it. Very slick. Cheers, -- Ãtienne Janjaap van Velthooven -- / __/ /_/ __/ /_ __/ __/ /___ / / /_ __/___/_/_ /___ / / __/ /___ / / janj...@stack.nl /___/_/_/_/_/_/_/___/_/_/
Re: File transfer from NetBSD to OpenBSD
On Sun, Mar 01, 2015 at 04:40:25PM +, etie...@magickarpet.org wrote: Hello there, Could anyone recommend which filesystem type to use when backing up a few hundred GB of files from NetBSD onto a USB disk, planning to restore them on an OpenBSD machine. I remember distantly that last time I tried with FFS, it didn't work. Personally I would just try to tar to the usb device and skip having a filesystem on the usb device; that way there is no filesystem to be incompatible. Cheers, -- Étienne Janjaap van Velthooven -- / __/ /_/ __/ /_ __/ __/ /___ / / /_ __/___/_/_ /___ / / __/ /___ / / janj...@stack.nl /___/_/_/_/_/_/_/___/_/_/
Re: File transfer from NetBSD to OpenBSD
On 2015-03-01 17:38, Kenneth Gober wrote: FAT (and FAT32) would probably involve less experimentation. to bypass the limitations of FAT, I recommend using tar(1) and split(1). tar cfC - /filesystem-to-back-up . | split -b 2000m that will produce a tar file split into 2GB chunks named xaa, xab, xac, etc. to restore: cat x?? | tar xfC - /directory-to-restore-into . Great idea. Thanks, that should do the trick. this assumes that NetBSD tar and split are substantially similar to OpenBSD's. I'll report if I found it doesn't. Cheers! -- Étienne
File transfer from NetBSD to OpenBSD
Hello there, Could anyone recommend which filesystem type to use when backing up a few hundred GB of files from NetBSD onto a USB disk, planning to restore them on an OpenBSD machine. I remember distantly that last time I tried with FFS, it didn't work. Cheers, -- Étienne
Re: File transfer from NetBSD to OpenBSD
On 2015-03-01 11:40, etie...@magickarpet.org wrote: Could anyone recommend which filesystem type to use when backing up a few hundred GB of files from NetBSD onto a USB disk, planning to restore them on an OpenBSD machine. I remember distantly that last time I tried with FFS, it didn't work. You might experiment with ext2fs. IIRC, FAT has two strikes against it: owner/mode, and 4GB individual filesize limit. NTFS (built-in, or FUSE) has its own owner/mode translation issues, such that you would liely want to archive files as intermediate step. Of course, network file transfers, if you had the bandwidth, would preclude the need for any foreign file systems.
Re: File transfer from NetBSD to OpenBSD
On 01.03.2015. 17:55, Josh Grosse wrote: You might experiment with ext2fs. IIRC, FAT has two strikes against it: owner/mode, and 4GB individual filesize limit. NTFS (built-in, or FUSE) has its own owner/mode translation issues, such that you would liely want to archive files as intermediate step. Or use FAT, but put all files in one or serveral tar archives. In that way, file type, ownership and permissions would be saved.
Re: File transfer from NetBSD to OpenBSD
FAT (and FAT32) would probably involve less experimentation. to bypass the limitations of FAT, I recommend using tar(1) and split(1). tar cfC - /filesystem-to-back-up . | split -b 2000m that will produce a tar file split into 2GB chunks named xaa, xab, xac, etc. to restore: cat x?? | tar xfC - /directory-to-restore-into . this assumes that NetBSD tar and split are substantially similar to OpenBSD's. -ken On Sun, Mar 1, 2015 at 11:55 AM, Josh Grosse j...@jggimi.homeip.net wrote: On 2015-03-01 11:40, etie...@magickarpet.org wrote: Could anyone recommend which filesystem type to use when backing up a few hundred GB of files from NetBSD onto a USB disk, planning to restore them on an OpenBSD machine. I remember distantly that last time I tried with FFS, it didn't work. You might experiment with ext2fs. IIRC, FAT has two strikes against it: owner/mode, and 4GB individual filesize limit. NTFS (built-in, or FUSE) has its own owner/mode translation issues, such that you would liely want to archive files as intermediate step. Of course, network file transfers, if you had the bandwidth, would preclude the need for any foreign file systems.
