Date: Mon, 21 Jul 2003 14:48:20 -0400 (EDT) From: Jerry McAllister <jerrymc@clunix.cl.msu.edu> To: bob@anything-inc.com (Bob Collins) Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Dump from cron job, need to change tape Message-ID: <200307211848.h6LImK7k017081@clunix.cl.msu.edu> In-Reply-To: <5.2.0.9.0.20030721143437.00aad5b0@mail.anything-inc.com> from "Bob Collins" at Jul 21, 2003 02:35:27 PM
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> > 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 >
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