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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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