Date: 25 May 1998 18:01:04 -0000 From: sven@acca.nmsu.edu To: elmore@sohopros.com, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Help with tape backup? Message-ID: <19980525180104.11913.qmail@acca.nmsu.edu> In-Reply-To: <XFMail.980525104901.elmore@sohopros.com>
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>The following is a typescript of how I'm tring to >run a tape backup. I would like to know how >to change the default backup device. I would >like to send the data to be backedup to /dev/ft0 >and not /dev/rst0. Can someone tell me what I'm >doing wrong? > ># dump 0sd 307 1600 /dev/ft0_ > DUMP: Date of this level 0 dump: Mon May 25 10:25:25 1998_ > DUMP: Date of last level 0 dump: the epoch_ > DUMP: Dumping /dev/ft0 to /dev/rst0_ > DUMP: bad sblock magic number_ > DUMP: The ENTIRE dump is aborted._ ># ^D__exit_ You need to use the -f command to tell it you're using a different file. Try dump 0fsd /dev/ft0 307 1600 what_ever_filesystem_you're_dumping Ian To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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