Date: Sat, 21 Nov 2009 09:03:40 +0000 From: Mike Clarke <jmc-freebsd2@milibyte.co.uk> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: Bernt Hansson <bernt@bah.homeip.net> Subject: Re: Dump Message-ID: <200911210903.40812.jmc-freebsd2@milibyte.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <4B075AAA.80205@bah.homeip.net> References: <4B0562A4.5050405@bah.homeip.net> <4B056636.6050309@infracaninophile.co.uk> <4B075AAA.80205@bah.homeip.net>
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On Saturday 21 November 2009, Bernt Hansson wrote: > Ok. I've tested this > dump -1 -a -u -L -C 64 -h 0 -f > /usr/home/bernt/disk2/dump.backup.home.2 /usr/home > > The error is > mksnap_ffs: Cannot create /usr/home/.snap/dump_snapshot: Invalid > argument dump: Cannot create /usr/home/.snap/dump_snapshot: No such > file or directory Does the .snap directory exist, and with the correct ownership and=20 permissions? =46rom the man page: "If the .snap directory does not exist in the root of the file system=20 being dumped, a warning will be issued and the dump will revert to the=20 standard behavior. This problem can be corrected by creating a .snap=20 directory in the root of the file system to be dumped; its owner should=20 be ``root'', its group should be ``operator'', and its mode should be=20 ``0770''." =2D-=20 Mike Clarke
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