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you can use the utility dd to make bit to bit backup
also, you can use tar ;)

Josh Close wrote:

>What would be the best way to backup a linux server? Right now all my
>backups are on a windows box, so I'll have to push it there, but if
>that's a lost cause, let me know.
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On Wed, 29 Sep 2004 20:21:16 +0200, Beber <beber@setibzh.com> wrote:
> you can use the utility dd to make bit to bit backup
> also, you can use tar ;)

Yes, I can tar it, then zip it, but how do I send it to a windows box?
If it was going to a linux box, I'd just rsync it over, or even scp
or ftp it over.

The problem is moving it from a linux box to a windows box.

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You can use rsync or/and ftp too an windows ;)

Josh Close wrote:

On Wed, 29 Sep 2004 20:21:16 +0200, Beber <beber@setibzh.com> wrote:

you can use the utility dd to make bit to bit backup also, you can use tar ;)

Yes, I can tar it, then zip it, but how do I send it to a windows box? If it was going to a linux box, I'd just rsync it over, or even scp or ftp it over. The problem is moving it from a linux box to a windows box. -Josh -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

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On September 29, 2004 03:05 pm, Josh Close wrote:
> On Wed, 29 Sep 2004 20:21:16 +0200, Beber <beber@setibzh.com> wrote:
> > you can use the utility dd to make bit to bit backup
> > also, you can use tar ;)
>
> Yes, I can tar it, then zip it, but how do I send it to a windows box?
> If it was going to a linux box, I'd just rsync it over, or even scp
> or ftp it over.

if it's on a "safe" network, you can just mount the windows share to your
linux box and copy it over that way:

# cd /path/to/files/
# tar cjf /path/to/backupdir/backup.tar.bz2 dir
# mount -t smbfs //winbox/backups/ /mnt/winbox/backups/
# mv /path/to/backupdir/backup.tar.bz2 /mnt/winbox/backups/

i've not tried the above, but it should work.


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On 29 Sep 2004, at 12:05, Josh Close wrote:
> On Wed, 29 Sep 2004 20:21:16 +0200, Beber <beber@setibzh.com> wrote:
>> you can use the utility dd to make bit to bit backup
>> also, you can use tar ;)
>
> Yes, I can tar it, then zip it, but how do I send it to a windows box?
> If it was going to a linux box, I'd just rsync it over, or even scp
> or ftp it over.

smbmount

emerge flexbackup

Nice "rsync-ish" script....






On Wed, 29 Sep 2004 12:46:21 -0700, Andrew Farmer <andfarm@teknovis.com> wrote:
> On 29 Sep 2004, at 12:05, Josh Close wrote:
> > On Wed, 29 Sep 2004 20:21:16 +0200, Beber <beber@setibzh.com> wrote:
> >> you can use the utility dd to make bit to bit backup
> >> also, you can use tar ;)
> >
> > Yes, I can tar it, then zip it, but how do I send it to a windows box?
> > If it was going to a linux box, I'd just rsync it over, or even scp
> > or ftp it over.
>
> smbmount
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On Wed, 2004-09-29 at 21:35, Andres Moore wrote:
> emerge flexbackup
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> Nice "rsync-ish" script....
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> On Wed, 29 Sep 2004 12:46:21 -0700, Andrew Farmer <andfarm@teknovis.com> wrote:
> > On 29 Sep 2004, at 12:05, Josh Close wrote:
> > > On Wed, 29 Sep 2004 20:21:16 +0200, Beber <beber@setibzh.com> wrote:
> > >> you can use the utility dd to make bit to bit backup
> > >> also, you can use tar ;)
> > >
> > > Yes, I can tar it, then zip it, but how do I send it to a windows box?
> > > If it was going to a linux box, I'd just rsync it over, or even scp
> > > or ftp it over.
> >
> > smbmount
> >

you can use unison, it's a nice tool and there's a version for windows
too. primary it's designed for file synchronization but you can use it
as a backup tool

http://www.cis.upenn.edu/~bcpierce/unison/

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