Date: Mon, 21 Jul 2003 12:02:08 -0700 From: "Mike Maltese" <mike@pcmedx.com> To: <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Dump from cron job, need to change tape Message-ID: <004701c34fba$957db220$f4f0a8c0@pcmedx.com> References: <200307211848.h6LImK7k017081@clunix.cl.msu.edu>
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DDS2 is only 4GB native. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jerry McAllister" <jerrymc@clunix.cl.msu.edu> To: "Bob Collins" <bob@anything-inc.com> Cc: <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Sent: Monday, July 21, 2003 11:48 AM Subject: Re: Dump from cron job, need to change tape > > > > Sorry to repost, but wanted to post with a subject line. > > > > >I hope I am not asking a NewB question, but I read through dump and cron > > >and see no obvious way to run a nightly dump through cron AND allow user > > >intervention to change the tape. > > > > > >I am running a DDS2 tape drive and trying to backup around 12GB. The tape > > >runs to the end, issues the end of tape, and then dump fails. I would like > > >to be able to change the tape and get a backup. > > > > > >Do I need to use some other software, or am I missing a switch or > > >something somewhere? > > Since you didn't give any indication of what switches you used, > it is hard to tell if you need something else. > > How about including at least what you used for a command line input. > > I am losing track, but isn't dds2 a nominal 10GB uncompressed capacity? > > ////jerry > > > > > > >TIA > > >Bob > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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