Date: 14 Feb 2006 17:46:35 -0500 From: Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org> To: Joe Auty <joe@netmusician.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: core dump with dump command in single user mode Message-ID: <44oe19ftis.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> In-Reply-To: <039BD206-0592-4F99-BE9B-CB49310E5BDC@netmusician.org> References: <1CFD830B-2CAC-44A9-9120-6CF351FD3EB9@netmusician.org> <443bimav7o.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> <039BD206-0592-4F99-BE9B-CB49310E5BDC@netmusician.org>
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Joe Auty <joe@netmusician.org> writes: > On Feb 14, 2006, at 9:08 AM, Lowell Gilbert wrote: > > > Joe Auty <joe@netmusician.org> writes: > > > >> Hello, > >> > >> Following the instructions here: http://www.unixcities.com/howto/ > >> index.html I did a: > >> > > Those directions are a little outdated, but the problem is really just > > that you didn't follow the directions closely enough: > > > >> dump -0f - /usr | restore -rf - /backup/usr > > > > should have been more like > > > > dump -0f - /usr | (cd /backup/usr;restore -xf - ) > > > Okay, I'm still getting: > > > no space left in string table > abort? > > If I say "n", it just core dumps.... Funny, I can't find that message in the source for dump at all. The message, in -STABLE, is "Do you want to abort dump?". I also can't seem to find the string table error message, but I may just have failed to search the right library so far. Are you running something before 5.2? > Any other suggestions? Plenty. If there are no special files (fifos, etc.) on the disk, any archiver will do it. e.g., tar(1) > Would using "dd" be a valid workaround to > cloning my disk? Sure. If you really want a *clone* of the disk, it's a good option. If having the same data files in the same filestructure would do, then copying other attributes is overkill. > My disk is over a 100 gigabytes, could this be what > is causing dump to crap out? Could be. Check your memory statistics while you're doing it, and see if you run out of VM.
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