Date: 21 Oct 2002 22:12:24 -0400 From: Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.no-ip.com> To: brent@kearneys.ca Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: DUMP: bad sblock magic number Message-ID: <444rbfw7av.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> In-Reply-To: <20021021174837.A77115@kearneys.ca> References: <20021021174837.A77115@kearneys.ca>
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Brent Kearney <brent@kearneys.ca> writes: > Hello, I'm trying the following on FreeBSD 4.2: > > dump -0 -h 0 -u -a -f /dev/nsa0 /home/foo > > And the dump is dying with the message: > > DUMP: Dumping /home/shared to /dev/nsa0 > DUMP: bad sblock magic number > DUMP: The ENTIRE dump is aborted. > > /home/foo is not a mount point, but I seem to remember FreeBSD's dump > being able to dump subdirectories. The man page seems to say otherwise, so you're on your own there. Luckily, you have the source. > I can dump /home (which is a mount > point) without any errors, so its not a problem with /dev/nsa0. What > does "bad sblock magic number" mean? It means, more or less, that it can't find a valid filesystem for the parameters given it. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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