From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Dec 5 06:47:28 1995 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) id GAA06446 for questions-outgoing; Tue, 5 Dec 1995 06:47:28 -0800 Received: from fslg8.fsl.noaa.gov (fslg8.fsl.noaa.gov [137.75.131.171]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) with SMTP id GAA06441 for ; Tue, 5 Dec 1995 06:47:26 -0800 Received: by fslg8.fsl.noaa.gov (5.57/Ultrix3.0-C) id AA05006; Tue, 5 Dec 95 08:47:23 -0600 Received: by emu.fsl.noaa.gov (1.38.193.4/SMI-4.1 (1.38.193.4)) id AA29609; Tue, 5 Dec 1995 07:47:23 -0700 Date: Tue, 5 Dec 1995 07:47:23 -0700 From: kelly@fsl.noaa.gov (Sean Kelly) Message-Id: <9512051447.AA29609@emu.fsl.noaa.gov> To: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu Cc: questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: (message from Doug White on Mon, 4 Dec 1995 22:05:34 -0800 (PST)) Subject: Re: DUMP fails: / full Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk >>>>> "Doug" == Doug White writes: Doug> When we try to dump it to a 2GB (?) Connor SCSI tape, Doug> a file called `nst0' is created in /dev and eventually fills Doug> the 32mb / partition. The dump fails and we have a / that Doug> is 109% full :-) We just delete the file and all is OK. Doug> We are using this command: Doug> dump 0unbBf 2000000 10 /dev/nrst0 /dev/sd1f It sounds like the dump is going to the file /dev/nrst0 instead of to the device /dev/nrst0. In other words, you're backing up to disk, not to tape. Do the following as root: cd /dev rm *st0* ./MAKEDEV st0 Then do your dumps. -- Sean Kelly NOAA Forecast Systems Laboratory, Boulder Colorado USA As the snow started to fall, he tugged his coat tighter around himself. Too tight, as it turned out. "This is the fourth coat crushing this year", said the sergeant as he outlined the body with a special pencil that writes on snow. -- Jack Handey