Date: Tue, 4 Jan 2005 20:51:41 +0000 From: Mark Knight <markk@knigma.org> To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: dump dumping core Message-ID: <KRaXENDdHw2BFwu2@lap.knigma.org> In-Reply-To: <IB1XwOsi1b2BFweI@lap.knigma.org> References: <IB1XwOsi1b2BFweI@lap.knigma.org>
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In message <IB1XwOsi1b2BFweI@lap.knigma.org>, Mark Knight <markk@knigma.org> writes >With RELENG_5 from yesterday, as well from a week or so ago I'm finding >that dump is failing. Must admit, this is the first time I've tried to >run a backup since migrating from RELENG_4 to RELENG_5. > >fsck -f / marks the file system as clean. > >Any ideas? > >root@shrewd# dump -0a -b 512 -f - / > /dev/null The -b 512 (or other large values), seems to be the key to making it crash (on various inodes). Sometimes the error is "master/slave protocol botched" instead. Until I find the cause, the workaround of "don't do that then" seems appropriate. At least it wasn't fs corruption ;) -- Mark A. R. Knight finger: markk@knigma.org Tel: +44 7973 410732 http://www.knigma.org/
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