Backup Question.

[Richard Reina]

I am running mysql on a linux box RH 6.2.   I backup all the filesytems 
with:

/sbin/dump 0ubf 8000000 /dev/npt0

to a COLORADO 8gig. travan tape drive.  Is this sort of backup regimen a 
good one -- compatible with MySQL -- or should I instead be backing up 
with FLUSH and (or) mysqldump?

Any help would be greatly appreciated.


Richard