From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: whitnl73@juno.com Subject: Re: tar for "full" floppy backup? Date: Sat, 7 Dec 2002 21:10:58 -0500 (EST) Sender: linux-newbie-owner@vger.kernel.org Message-ID: <20021207.211305.134684296.3.whitnl73@juno.com> References: <3DF253FB.FCE749BE@gelm.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Return-path: In-Reply-To: <3DF253FB.FCE749BE@gelm.net> List-Id: Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: nc8q@gelm.net Cc: linux-newbie@vger.kernel.org On Sat, 7 Dec 2002, Chuck Gelm wrote: > I did > > tar -cyvf /boot /dev/fd0 > and > /mnt# tar -xyvf /dev/fd0 > and it created > /mnt/boot/ > and all the files from /boot appeared in /mnt/boot Yes, it will do that. cd to where you want the files restored to first, or use -C: tar -C / -xyvf /dev/fd0 > > Next I tried > tar -cvMf /dev/fd0 /etc > and after some floppy action, I was prompted: > > "Prepare volume #2 for /dev/fd0 and hit return:" > > I'd recommend running 'badblocks' on the diskettes > and using only those that report 0 bad blocks. > ;-) I don't like using a raw floppy for anything but mkfs. I'd rather make a filesystem on each one and save a named file on it. That way, if I can't read my writing on the label, all is not lost. Restore the files to their own [temporary] directory, cat them together, and untar them. You are trying to use a floppy as a tape, and it just isn't really a tape. Come to think of it, a tape isn't a very good tape either. > > tar --version > tar (GNU tar) 1.13 > ... > > HTH, Chuck Lawson -- ---oops--- ________________________________________________________________ Sign Up for Juno Platinum Internet Access Today Only $9.95 per month! Visit www.juno.com - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs