Date: Fri, 26 Mar 1999 06:55:25 +1000 From: Greg Black <gjb@comkey.com.au> To: "Ray Seals" <rayseals@midwestis.com> Cc: "Freebsd-Questions" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Dump and Tape Density Settings Message-ID: <19990325205525.29545.qmail@alpha.comkey.com.au> In-Reply-To: <000701be76e8$1e147520$0a021eac@rseals.midwestis.com> of Thu, 25 Mar 1999 11:51:31 CST References: <000701be76e8$1e147520$0a021eac@rseals.midwestis.com>
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> dump 0nuf /dev/nrst0 / > > DUMP: Date of this level 0 dump: Thu Mar 25 11:24:21 1999 > DUMP: Date of last level 0 dump: the epoch > DUMP: Dumping /dev/rwd0a (/) to /dev/nrst0 > DUMP: mapping (Pass I) [regular files] > DUMP: mapping (Pass II) [directories] > DUMP: estimated 328337 tape blocks on 8.44 tape(s). > DUMP: dumping (Pass III) [directories] > > Then in a minute or so, it asks for another tape. > > I know this is due to the tape density or block size settings for my backup > script or is it possible that my tape is not formatted correctly? These > were not new tapes when I got them. Can anyone explain or show me were I > can read some more about this? Try the `a' flag to dump; if that fails with your hardware, then use the `B' flag. The man page for dump explains these. -- Greg Black <gjb@acm.org> To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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