Date: Fri, 25 May 2001 10:51:23 -0400 From: Bill Moran <wmoran@iowna.com> To: Cary <scattered@babel.acu.edu> Cc: freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: dump is giving me errors Message-ID: <3B0E716B.65A35D10@iowna.com> References: <Pine.LNX.4.10.10105250929130.5727-100000@babel.acu.edu>
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Cary wrote: > > I'm attempting to back up my home directory with dump, but I keep getting > the same error: > # /sbin/dump -0u -f /usr/home/dump /usr/home/cary > DUMP: Date of this level 0 dump: Fri May 25 09:35:21 2001 > DUMP: Date of last level 0 dump: the epoch > DUMP: Dumping /usr/home/cary to /usr/home/dump > DUMP: bad sblock magic number > DUMP: The ENTIRE dump is aborted. > # > /usr/home/dump is a file (though I have also tried dumping to a dir). I > was able to start dumping the / filesystem to standard output as a test, > and it worked. But no matter what options I've tried, I get the same error > as above. I've read the man page, but I don't know enough to know what > applies and doesn't apply when dumping to a HD or filesystem rather than a > tape drive. Any help that could be rendered would be appreciated. What's your partition layout? dump(8) can only dump "filesystems" (i.e. entire partitions) If /usr/home/cary isn't a seperate partition, you'll get that error. If you just want to back up just part of a partition, tar(1) is probably a better choice. (it even provides compression) tar czf /usr/home/cary.tgz /usr/home/cary Or dump(8) the entire partition. (use df(1) to see your partition layout, or mount(8)) -Bill To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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