On Fri, Jan 04, 2008 at 04:54:03PM +0100, Guillaume wrote: > actually, I use the tar utility to backup my fedora box to a file... > ... > Is there a way to speed up the restore process with any options to > tar, or, any other command utility to use for my backup. Hmm...dunno if it'll be any faster, but you could try cpio. It's another old standby, and uses a different directory structure. But it sounds like you're dealing with a lot of data, so there are still a lot of bytes to slap around. Others have mentioned rsync. If you want actual backup, take a look at Amanda, but be prepared--it's relatively complex. -- Dave Ihnat President, DMINET Consulting, Inc. dihnat@xxxxxxxxxx
