Date: Sat, 16 Sep 2000 17:39:58 -0700 (PDT) From: Matthew Jacob <mjacob@feral.com> To: Guy Gustavson <bigfoot@stomped.com> Cc: David Malone <dwmalone@maths.tcd.ie>, freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: RE: bin/21253: dump/restore fail on any stream (tape/pipe/file) over 4GB Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0009161738530.94365-100000@beppo.feral.com> In-Reply-To: <NEBBLIFEMLAKOGJKEAINOEDBCCAA.bigfoot@stomped.com>
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I went and checked this also. Restore has no problems reading 8GB from standard input. It sounds like the only thing could be is something destroying the pipe. I think this PR should be closed. On Fri, 15 Sep 2000, Guy Gustavson wrote: > Well I've tried about every method I can think of, including the ones you > suggested and they all fail after a certain size. I've given up using > dump/restore at this time and am using tar. > > If I can help in anyway assisting you in diagnosing this problem please let > me know. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: David Malone [mailto:dwmalone@maths.tcd.ie] > Sent: Thursday, September 14, 2000 3:22 AM > To: Guy Gustavson > Cc: freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org > Subject: Re: bin/21253: dump/restore fail on any stream (tape/pipe/file) > over 4GB > > > > I tried that, I get different message, but it means about the same... > > > Changing volumes on pipe input? > > abort? [yn] n > > Changing volumes on pipe input? > > abort? [yn] y > > dump core? [yn] y > > Abort > > I think this can happen if the filesystem changes in a certain way > while being dumped - we think what happens is that the last inode > it was expecting to backup is removed while the backup is in > progress. > > We have some patches to improve the situation with the bad error > handling too, but I haven't committed them just yet. > > David. > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message
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