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<title>So How Do I Backup My Data to Floppies?</title> <title>So How Do I Backup My Data to Floppies?</title>
<para>The best way to backup to floppy disk is to use <para>The best way to backup to floppy disk is to use
<command>tar</command> with the <option>-M</option> (multi &man.tar.1; with the <option>-M</option> (multi
volume) option, which allows backups to span multiple volume) option, which allows backups to span multiple
floppies.</para> floppies.</para>
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<screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>tar Mcvf /dev/fd0 *</userinput></screen> <screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>tar Mcvf /dev/fd0 *</userinput></screen>
<para>When the first floppy is full <command>tar</command> will prompt you to <para>When the first floppy is full &man.tar.1; will prompt you to
insert the next volume (because <command>tar</command> is media independent it insert the next volume (because &man.tar.1; is media independent it
refers to volumes; in this context it means floppy disk).</para> refers to volumes; in this context it means floppy disk).</para>
<screen>Prepare volume #2 for /dev/fd0 and hit return:</screen> <screen>Prepare volume #2 for /dev/fd0 and hit return:</screen>
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</indexterm> </indexterm>
<indexterm><primary>compression</primary></indexterm> <indexterm><primary>compression</primary></indexterm>
<para>Unfortunately, <command>tar</command> will not allow the <para>Unfortunately, &man.tar.1; will not allow the
<option>-z</option> option to be used for multi-volume archives. <option>-z</option> option to be used for multi-volume archives.
You could, of course, <command>gzip</command> all the files, You could, of course, &man.gzip.1; all the files,
<command>tar</command> them to the floppies, then &man.tar.1; them to the floppies, then
<command>gunzip</command> the files again!</para> &man.gunzip.1; the files again!</para>
</sect2> </sect2>
<sect2 id="floppies-restoring"> <sect2 id="floppies-restoring">
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<screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>tar Mxvf /dev/fd0 <replaceable>filename</replaceable></userinput></screen> <screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>tar Mxvf /dev/fd0 <replaceable>filename</replaceable></userinput></screen>
<para><command>tar</command> will prompt you to insert subsequent floppies until it <para>The utility &man.tar.1; will prompt you to insert subsequent floppies until it
finds the required file.</para> finds the required file.</para>
<para>Alternatively, if you know which floppy the file is on then you <para>Alternatively, if you know which floppy the file is on then you
can simply insert that floppy and use the same command as above. Note can simply insert that floppy and use the same command as above. Note
that if the first file on the floppy is a continuation from the that if the first file on the floppy is a continuation from the
previous one then <command>tar</command> will warn you that it cannot previous one then &man.tar.1; will warn you that it cannot
restore it, even if you have not asked it to!</para> restore it, even if you have not asked it to!</para>
</sect2> </sect2>
</sect1> </sect1>