Changeset 1762 in MondoRescue

Timestamp:

Nov 3, 2007, 2:34:27 AM (16 years ago)

Author:

Bruno Cornec

Message:

Updates mondoarchive man page for USB support

File:

• branches/2.2.5/mondo-doc/mondoarchive.8 (modified) (3 diffs)

branches/2.2.5/mondo-doc/mondoarchive.8

@@ -129 +129 @@
 
 .TP
+.BI "-U "
+Use a generic USB device as backup device. Use this if you want to write
+your backup to a USB key or USB disk, which will be make bootable.
+The USB device should be attached to the system ir order for this to work and
+its device name passed to the
+.BR \-d 
+option.
+.B WARNING: All the data on the related device will be removed.
+
+.TP
 .BI "-u "
 Use a generic streaming device as backup device. Use this if you want to write
@@ -170 +180 @@
 .TP
 .BI "-d " "dev|dir"
-Specify the backup device (CD/tape) or directory (NFS/ISO). For CD-R[W] drives,
+Specify the backup device (CD/tape/USB) or directory (NFS/ISO). For CD-R[W] drives,
 this is the SCSI node where the drive may be found, e.g. '0,1,0'. For tape
-users, this is the tape streamers /dev entry, e.g. '/dev/st0'. For ISO users,
+users, this is the tape streamers /dev entry, e.g. '/dev/st0'. For USB users,
+this is the device name of your key or external disk. For ISO users,
 this is the directory where the ISO images are stored. For NFS users, this is
 the directory within the NFS mount where the backups are stored. The default
@@ -415 +426 @@
 .I "mondoarchive -Vn 192.168.1.2:/home/nfs -d /Monday"
 
+.BI USB:
+Backup to your USB key, using gzip compression:
+.br
+.I "mondoarchive -OU -d /dev/sda -G"
+
 .BI RAID:
 Backup PC to a Software Raid mount point, iso size 700mb: