Re: [Dump-users] RE: Dump HOWTO

[Stelian P. <st...@ca...>]

On Tue, 27 Jun 2000, Bernhard Erdmann wrote:

> Stelian Pop wrote:
> [...]
> > Use the no rewinding tape device (such as /dev/nst0) and:
> > 
> >         mt -f /dev/nst0 rewind
> >         dump 0f /dev/nst0 /dev/sda1
> >         dump 0f /dev/nst0 /dev/sda2
> >         dump 0f /dev/nst0 /dev/sda3
> >         mt -f /dev/nst0 rewind
> 
> I've seen really ugly things dumping directly to DDS-2 drives on several
> different boxes. (DDS-3 seems to be ok.) I have to use dd to write at
> fixed block sizes:
> dump 0af - /dev/sda1 | dd obs=32k of=$TAPE

Wouldn't that be that, for some reason, your DDS-2 drive is configured
for only a fixed blocksize of 32k ?

Dump, by default, uses a 10k blocksize.

> # /sbin/dump 0a /tmp/

Try to run a /sbin/dump 0ab 32 /tmp/. Maybe it helps...

> # /sbin/restore r

Or add try a /sbin/restore rdv (debug and verbose enabled).

Stelian.
-- 
Stelian Pop <sp...@ca...>| Too many things happened today
Captimark                      | Too many words I don't wanna say
Paris, France                  | I wanna be cool but the heat's coming up
                               | I'm ready to kill 'cause enough is enough
PGP key available on request   |              (Accept - "Up To The Limit")