Date: Mon, 14 Aug 2000 21:55:05 -0700 (PDT) From: Matthew Jacob <mjacob@feral.com> To: Sam <free@freeprintshop.org> Cc: freebsd-scsi@freebsd.org Subject: RE: one filesystem two tapes Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.10.10008142153120.13593-100000@beppo.feral.com> In-Reply-To: <NCBBJPDLBJCLBBFADHOMIEGHDGAA.free@freeprintshop.org>
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Ah. You do you have the tape set to fixed blocksizes? Try mt -f /dev/nrsa0 stat If the blocksize field is nonzero, try setting mt -f /dev/nrsa0 blocksize 0 And see if that helps. Sigh. I need to revisit this area and ignore the folks who've been telling me to not fix EOT handling. On Mon, 14 Aug 2000, Sam wrote: > I have tried to use dump with this command: > > dump -0au -h 0 -d 61000 -f /dev/nrsa0 /home > > When what appears to be the end of tape is reached I get this error message: > > DUMP: write error 3725120 blocks into volume 1 > > and a choice to restart or abort. I've done this a number of times with the > same error message except for the block number. What am I doing wrong? > > Thanks, Sam > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Matthew Jacob [mailto:mjacob@feral.com] > Sent: Monday, August 14, 2000 8:50 PM > To: Sam > Cc: freebsd-scsi@FreeBSD.ORG > Subject: Re: one filesystem two tapes > > > > Use dump(8) so it splits across multiple tapes. > > > On Mon, 14 Aug 2000, Sam wrote: > > > I have a file system larger than can be held on a dds-2 tape. is there any > > way to back it up so that what does not fit on one tape fits on the next. > if > > there is a way how do you do it, > > Thanks > > Sam > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-scsi" in the body of the message > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-scsi" in the body of the message
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