Date: Wed, 18 Jan 2006 23:37:05 +1100 From: Norberto Meijome <freebsd@meijome.net> To: mike@ascendency.net Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: USB removable drive as dump device? Message-ID: <43CE3671.2090903@meijome.net> In-Reply-To: <000001c61bdb$475294e0$0401a8c0@Mike8500> References: <000001c61bdb$475294e0$0401a8c0@Mike8500>
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Mike Loiterman wrote: > Using 6.0-RELEASE > > I'm trying to use a USB removable drive as a dump device. [...] > > The issue is when I try to dump to the device: > # dump 0uafL /dev/da0 / I think this is telling dump to treat /dev/da0 as a normal file, which it isn't. it makes sense to say /dev/[your_tape_device] , as you don't dump to a file in the tape, but rather to the tape itself (AFAIK) > > The same thing happens with: > # dump 0uafL /backup / try something like dump 0uafL /backup/`date +%Y%m%H`-0.dump / Beto
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