Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!pikes!boulder!gore!jacob From: jacob@gore.com (Jacob Gore) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next Subject: Re: dump onto OD Message-ID: <130042@gore.com> Date: 8 Dec 89 17:05:36 GMT References: Reply-To: jacob@gore.com (Jacob Gore) Organization: Gore Enterprises Lines: 23 / comp.sys.next / gerrit@nova.cc.purdue.edu (Gerrit) / Dec 8, 1989 / In article wombat@claris.com (Scott Lindsey) writes: >Has anyone had success with using dump to backup onto optical disk? If I I typically use something like: dump 0fsd - 100000 6250 | compress > /OpticalDisk/full_backup.Z and then: zcat /OpticalDisk/full_backup.Z | restore rf - ---------- If your hard drive is all on one partition (which is the way it comes from NeXT), won't this restore be writing over files that should not be disturbed? In particular: /private/vm/swapfile /dev/* (I'm not sure there's harm in this) /etc/restore Jacob -- Jacob Gore Jacob@Gore.Com boulder!gore!jacob