Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1998 15:23:30 -0800 From: "Dan O'Connor" <dan@jgl.reno.nv.us> To: "freebsd-questions" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Dump to Floppy Tape? Message-ID: <000301be3382$40bc4d40$010a000a@danco.home>
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Happy New Year, everyone! I realize that floppy tapes are not the ideal backup device, but I have an old Colorado Jumbo 250 tape drive that I'd like to use (instead of floppies!). When I run the command 'dump -f /dev/rft0 /usr', I get the message "DUMP: bad sblock magic number" and dump quits. Does dump support floppy tape drives, or am I missing something? Also, does the 'ft' command (ala, 'tar cvzf - /usr | ft "/usr save"') support multiple-tape spanning? I'm a newbie looking for a quick, simple way to backup before I make world and build a custom kernal. Any help would be greatly appreciated. TIA, --Dan To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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