Date: Wed, 24 Apr 1996 10:52:29 +0200 From: Lutz Albers <lutz@muc.de> To: "Amir Y. Rosenblatt" <amir@neuron.net> Cc: jlwest@tseinc.com, freebsd-questions@freefall.freebsd.org Subject: Re: dump/tape problems Message-ID: <v03006607ada39bf1e500@[193.174.4.22]> In-Reply-To: <199604221453.KAA09045@pipe4.nyc.pipeline.com>
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Amir Y. Rosenblatt wrote on 22.4.1996 Re: dump/tape problems - > you didn't told dump how large your tapes are. Look at the density, length - > and blocksize options of dump. I personally use the B option with the - > number of tape blocks (1KByte blocks). Something like - > dump u0Bf 100000 /dev/nrst0 / - > BTW, you know that you are using the auto-rewinding device, or ? - - I also found that I wasn;t able to do a restore after I dumped a - filesystem (though I haven't yet tried it with this specific set of - settings). I'm also not 100% sure I have the right DIP switch settings. - Does anyone here know what they might be? What messages do you get while restoring ? Whats not working ? A few more details might be nice :-) ciao lutz --------------------------------------------------------------------- Lutz Albers | What's good ? Luederitzstr. 14, 81929-Muenchen, Germany | Life's good - <mailto:lutz@muc.de> ph: +49-89-93940364 | But not fair at all <http://www.muc.de/~lutz>; fax:+49-89-93940365 | (Lou Reed) Do not take life too seriously, you will never get out of it alive.
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