Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uwm.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!wuarchive!udel!princeton!pucc!AUXPOST From: MATLEVAN@EKU.BITNET (Jerry LeVan) Newsgroups: comp.unix.aux Subject: Backup & Misc Message-ID: Date: 5 Oct 90 01:13:00 GMT Sender: VMNNPOST@pucc.Princeton.EDU (Listserv to Netnews Gateway) Organization: Listserv to Netnews Gateway at pucc.Princeton.EDU Lines: 21 Approved: AUXPOST@PUCC Good Evening Netters, Still can't get tar to create a multitape backup of a filesystem, tcb always croaks on the first write. Is the following possible? use dump.bsd to /dev/rmt/tc to copy a sysv file system. reformat the disk to a ufs. use restore to recover the files from the tape (without remaking the partition back into a sysv filesystem. Is tcb usable/needed/recommended for use with dump.bsd? Jerry ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Jerry LeVan | Phone:(606)-622-1931 | | Department of Computer Science | | | Eastern Kentucky University | Email:matlevan@eku.bitnet | | Richmond Ky 40475 | | |---------------------------------------------------------------------------| | "The series converges so slowly that it actually diverges." | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------