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<chapter id="backups">
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remember to specify exactly what version of FreeBSD you are using and
include as many details of your hardware as possible.</para>
- <sect1>
- <title>* What about backups to floppies?</title>
-
- <para></para>
- </sect1>
-
<sect1 id="backups-tapebackups">
<title>Tape Media</title>
@@ -608,6 +602,95 @@ echo "The floppy has been unmounted and is now ready."]]></programlisting>
</sect3>
</sect2>
</sect1>
+
+ <sect1 id="backups-floppybackups">
+ <title>What about backups to floppies?</title>
+
+ <sect2 id="floppies-using">
+ <title>Can I use floppies for backing up my data?</title>
+
+ <para>Floppy disks are not really a suitable media for
+ making backups as:</para>
+
+ <itemizedlist>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>The media is unreliable, especially over long periods of
+ time</para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>Backing up and restoring is very slow</para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>They have a very limited capacity (the days of backing up
+ an entire hard disk onto a dozen or so floppies has long since
+ passed).</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </itemizedlist>
+
+ <para>However, if you have no other method of backing up your data then
+ floppy disks are better than no backup at all.</para>
+
+ <para>If you do have to use floppy disks then ensure that you use good
+ quality ones. Floppies that have been lying around the office for a
+ couple of years are a bad choice. Ideally use new ones from a
+ reputable manufacturer.</para>
+ </sect2>
+
+ <sect2 id="floppies-creating">
+ <title>So how do I backup my data to floppies?</title>
+
+ <para>The best way to backup to floppy disk is to use
+ &man.tar.1; with the <option>-M</option> (multi volume) option, which
+ allows backups to span multiple floppies.</para>
+
+ <para>To backup all the files in the current directory and sub-directory
+ use this (as root):</para>
+
+ <screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>tar Mcvf /dev/rfd0 *</userinput></screen>
+
+ <para>When the first floppy is full &man.tar.1; will prompt you to
+ insert the next volume (because &man.tar.1; is media independent it
+ refers to volumes. In this context it means floppy disk)</para>
+
+ <screen>Prepare volume #2 for /dev/rfd0 and hit return:</screen>
+
+ <para>This is repeated (with the volume number incrementing) until all
+ the specified files have been archived.</para>
+ </sect2>
+
+ <sect2 id="floppies-compress">
+ <title>Can I compress my backups?</title>
+
+ <para>Unfortunately, &man.tar.1; will not allow the
+ <option>-z</option> option to be used for multi-volume archives.
+ You could, of course, &man.gzip.1; all the files, &man.tar.1; them to
+ the floppies, then &man.gunzip.1; the files again!</para>
+ </sect2>
+
+ <sect2 id="floppies-restoring">
+ <title>How do I restore my backups?</title>
+
+ <para>To restore the entire archive use:</para>
+
+ <screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>tar Mxvf /dev/rfd0</userinput></screen>
+
+ <para>To restore only specific files you can either start with the first
+ floppy and use:</para>
+
+ <screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>tar Mxvf /dev/rfd0 <replaceable>filename</replaceable></userinput></screen>
+
+ <para>&man.tar.1; will prompt you to insert subsequent floppies until it
+ finds the required file.</para>
+
+ <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
+ that if the first file on the floppy is a continuation from the
+ previous one then &man.tar.1; will warn you that it cannot restore it,
+ even if you have not asked it to!</para>
+ </sect2>
+ </sect1>
</chapter>
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<chapter id="backups">
@@ -30,12 +30,6 @@
remember to specify exactly what version of FreeBSD you are using and
include as many details of your hardware as possible.</para>
- <sect1>
- <title>* What about backups to floppies?</title>
-
- <para></para>
- </sect1>
-
<sect1 id="backups-tapebackups">
<title>Tape Media</title>
@@ -608,6 +602,95 @@ echo "The floppy has been unmounted and is now ready."]]></programlisting>
</sect3>
</sect2>
</sect1>
+
+ <sect1 id="backups-floppybackups">
+ <title>What about backups to floppies?</title>
+
+ <sect2 id="floppies-using">
+ <title>Can I use floppies for backing up my data?</title>
+
+ <para>Floppy disks are not really a suitable media for
+ making backups as:</para>
+
+ <itemizedlist>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>The media is unreliable, especially over long periods of
+ time</para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>Backing up and restoring is very slow</para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>They have a very limited capacity (the days of backing up
+ an entire hard disk onto a dozen or so floppies has long since
+ passed).</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </itemizedlist>
+
+ <para>However, if you have no other method of backing up your data then
+ floppy disks are better than no backup at all.</para>
+
+ <para>If you do have to use floppy disks then ensure that you use good
+ quality ones. Floppies that have been lying around the office for a
+ couple of years are a bad choice. Ideally use new ones from a
+ reputable manufacturer.</para>
+ </sect2>
+
+ <sect2 id="floppies-creating">
+ <title>So how do I backup my data to floppies?</title>
+
+ <para>The best way to backup to floppy disk is to use
+ &man.tar.1; with the <option>-M</option> (multi volume) option, which
+ allows backups to span multiple floppies.</para>
+
+ <para>To backup all the files in the current directory and sub-directory
+ use this (as root):</para>
+
+ <screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>tar Mcvf /dev/rfd0 *</userinput></screen>
+
+ <para>When the first floppy is full &man.tar.1; will prompt you to
+ insert the next volume (because &man.tar.1; is media independent it
+ refers to volumes. In this context it means floppy disk)</para>
+
+ <screen>Prepare volume #2 for /dev/rfd0 and hit return:</screen>
+
+ <para>This is repeated (with the volume number incrementing) until all
+ the specified files have been archived.</para>
+ </sect2>
+
+ <sect2 id="floppies-compress">
+ <title>Can I compress my backups?</title>
+
+ <para>Unfortunately, &man.tar.1; will not allow the
+ <option>-z</option> option to be used for multi-volume archives.
+ You could, of course, &man.gzip.1; all the files, &man.tar.1; them to
+ the floppies, then &man.gunzip.1; the files again!</para>
+ </sect2>
+
+ <sect2 id="floppies-restoring">
+ <title>How do I restore my backups?</title>
+
+ <para>To restore the entire archive use:</para>
+
+ <screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>tar Mxvf /dev/rfd0</userinput></screen>
+
+ <para>To restore only specific files you can either start with the first
+ floppy and use:</para>
+
+ <screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>tar Mxvf /dev/rfd0 <replaceable>filename</replaceable></userinput></screen>
+
+ <para>&man.tar.1; will prompt you to insert subsequent floppies until it
+ finds the required file.</para>
+
+ <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
+ that if the first file on the floppy is a continuation from the
+ previous one then &man.tar.1; will warn you that it cannot restore it,
+ even if you have not asked it to!</para>
+ </sect2>
+ </sect1>
</chapter>
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