Re: cpio

From: cljlk (cljlk_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 06/19/04

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    I understand that it is not a good idea, but I have to use cpio to do backup
    due to the system application.

    <Michael Vilain <vilain@spamcop.net>> wrote in message
    news:vilain-361D53.13342018062004@comcast.dca.giganews.com...
    > In article <40d34784$0$3011$61fed72c@news.rcn.com>,
    > "cljlk" <cljlk@hotmail.com> wrote:
    >
    > > I use copi the entire /usr and / (root), then zip it. But it does not
    work,
    > > could not boot up the system. after I put into unzip the file
    > > into another system /usr and / . What went wrong? Did I miss something?
    >
    > on Solaris, cpio isn't a very good backup tool. I've read here that
    > there's problems with large numbers of files (>2G seems to stick in my
    > mind but it might be >2**16 instead). Various versions of tar have
    > problems with device files and sparse files.
    >
    > Use usfdump and ufsrestore. That's what they're designed for.
    >
    > --
    > DeeDee, don't press that button! DeeDee! NO! Dee...
    >
    >
    >

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