Re: [aclug-L] What happened in the 20 APR 1999 meeting....

[John Goerzen <jgoerzen@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I've added a link under the "past events" section on
http://www.aclug.org/events/.  The link points to the appropriate
spot in the mailing list archives.  I think that will be the easiest
for everyone.

-- John

John Reinke <ufotofu@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> What we need to do now is make additions and corrections to the information
> below, and post it on a new part of the ACLUG website entitled "Meeting
> Notes". Any related URL's or man page references could be included with it
> as well. I know there are millions of How-To's and FAQ's out there, but
> having our notes available on the web site would make it accessible by
> anyone, and could be a good reminder when we know something was covered in
> a meeting, but don't remember the exact command.
> 
> I feel this form takes the LEAST amount of time, and will be the MOST
> accessible. Besides, web pages are a heck of a lot quicker to download
> MP3's or movies... When it comes down to it, we just want to see what and
> where to type things, right?
> 
> John
> 
> >"spiff" <spiff@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> >
> >Thanks, great job!  Just a few additions.
> >
> >> Tar cons:
> >>
> >> isn't terribly "user friendly" if you what to pick out a single file on a
> >> tape (unless you know what it is), one first has to index the tape, then
> >> rewind, then go to the file
> >
> >This makes it take up to twice as long to restore a single file with
> >tar than with dump.
> >
> >[dump:]
> >
> >> better restoration interface
> >> faster and more reliable
> >
> >I would say it has a more powerful scheduling system less susceptible
> >to human error.
> >
> >> Taper:
> >> didn't talk much about it other then it has a 4 gig limit
> >
> >Yeah, sorry about that.  Basically, I had one day to prepare the talk
> >instead of the usual week or two so it wasn't quite as coherent as I
> >would have liked :-(
> >
> >Anyway, taper is a ncurses (full-screen) program with an interface
> >similar to mc or Norton.  Its idea is ease of learning.
> >
> >> Ok, here is the beef on tar:
> >> to do a basic backup the command is as follows to back up the / :
> >> tar -cvSpf /dev/(insert tape device or whatever) /
> >
> >where "tape device" is something like nst0.
> >
> >> tar -cSpf - /(path) | tar -xvSpf --C /(destination)
> >                                    ^
> >just one hyphen there
> >
> >> Now, if you all really, really want, I can post the stuff about the passwd
> >> and shadow files as well as the lilo.conf information, but I think this is
> >> enough to digest for now.  Feel free to add to it.
> 
> 
> 
> 

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John Goerzen   Linux, Unix consulting & programming   jgoerzen@xxxxxxxxxxxx |
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