Re: dat tape backups

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From: Ken Yap
Date: Fri, 08 Nov 1996 00:00

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|Yes. If you just want a full backup, consider copying the whole
|partition to tape, e.g.
|
|	gzip -c /dev/hda1 > /dev/tape
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|Then you can restore the whole thing, _exactly_ as it was.
|Works for NT or CP/M as well.

Um, with compression, one bad block on the tape and the whole backup's
useless.

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