From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Mar 10 18:02:06 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id SAA25233 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Tue, 10 Mar 1998 18:02:06 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from allegro.lemis.com (allegro.lemis.com [192.109.197.134]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id SAA25138 for ; Tue, 10 Mar 1998 18:01:56 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from grog@lemis.com) Received: from freebie.lemis.com (freebie.lemis.com [192.109.197.137]) by allegro.lemis.com (8.8.7/8.8.5) with ESMTP id MAA21784; Wed, 11 Mar 1998 12:31:40 +1030 (CST) Received: (from grog@localhost) by freebie.lemis.com (8.8.8/8.8.7) id MAA10952; Wed, 11 Mar 1998 12:31:37 +1030 (CST) (envelope-from grog) Message-ID: <19980311123137.47111@freebie.lemis.com> Date: Wed, 11 Mar 1998 12:31:37 +1030 From: Greg Lehey To: yyang , freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: minor number too large ?? References: <3505A517.1626@nla.gov.au> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.89i In-Reply-To: <3505A517.1626@nla.gov.au>; from yyang on Tue, Mar 10, 1998 at 12:39:51PM -0800 WWW-Home-Page: http://www.lemis.com/~grog Organization: LEMIS, PO Box 460, Echunga SA 5153, Australia Phone: +61-8-8388-8286 Fax: +61-8-8388-8725 Mobile: +61-41-739-7062 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Tue, 10 March 1998 at 12:39:51 -0800, yyang wrote: > Any suggestions for the following error messages when I tried to backup > FreeBSD (v 2.1.5) system ? > > /usr/bin/tar: dev/rwd0s4: minor number too large; not dumped > /usr/bin/tar: dev/wd1s3: minor number too large; not dumped > /usr/bin/tar: dev/rwd1s3: minor number too large; not dumped The tar format allows for 16 bit device numbers: 8 bits major number (driver number) and 8 bits minor number (information to the driver). FreeBSD has 32 bit device numbers (8 bits major, as before, and 24 bits minor). The devices mentioned are those whose first 16 bits are non-0. We can't change the tar format, because then it wouldn't be compatible, so the only thing it can do is to skip them. It's not too serious a problem: you can remake all these devices with /dev/MAKEDEV. Greg To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message