Date: Wed, 18 Jun 1997 00:36:15 +0200 From: sthaug@nethelp.no To: giles@nemeton.com.au Cc: joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: dump/restore with compression Message-ID: <6717.866586975@verdi.nethelp.no> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 18 Jun 1997 07:52:36 %2B1000" References: <8425.866584356@nemeton.com.au>
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> I've never seen different OSes with compatible dump formats. > Your ``at first glance'' comment intrigues me; is there something I've > missed? HP-UX and SunOS, for one, had dump formats that were close enough that you could restore a HP dump on a Sun, and vice versa. (Assuming you knew what you were doing - they disagreed on the definition of block size, for instance.) Steinar Haug, Nethelp consulting, sthaug@nethelp.no
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