Date: Tue, 24 Mar 2009 23:06:58 -0400 From: "Mikhail T." <mi+thun@aldan.algebra.com> To: "Daniel O'Connor" <doconnor@gsoft.com.au> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org, fs@freebsd.org Subject: Re: dump | restore fails: unknown tape header type 1853384566 Message-ID: <49C99FD2.50609@aldan.algebra.com> In-Reply-To: <200903251334.38350.doconnor@gsoft.com.au> References: <49C83673.3000604@aldan.algebra.com> <200903251232.11418.doconnor@gsoft.com.au> <49C99204.2050601@aldan.algebra.com> <200903251334.38350.doconnor@gsoft.com.au>
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Daniel O'Connor ΞΑΠΙΣΑΧ(ΜΑ):
>> That said, I point out, that for me, dump is not failing (although it
>> did hang this morning). It is the restore, which fails to read dump's
>> output:
>>
>
> You can't tell the difference between dump producing mangled output or restore
> bombing out on valid input..
>
That's true. I just wanted to point out, that someone running dump only
(to make backups) is not going to know, whether his dumps are usable
(for whichever of the two reasons), until he needs them...
-mi
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