if i make a dump of a normal directory there is no
problem. If i make the same dump with compress level 2
i have this:
Performing backup of /opt/ to /dev/st0 ..
DUMP: Date of this level 0 dump: Tue Dec 17 08:46:20
2002
DUMP: Dumping /dev/sda6 (/ (dir opt)) to /dev/st0
DUMP: Added inode 8 to exclude list (journal inode)
DUMP: Added inode 7 to exclude list (resize inode)
DUMP: Label: /
DUMP: Compressing output at compression level 2
(bzlib)
DUMP: mapping (Pass I) [regular files]
DUMP: mapping (Pass II) [directories]
DUMP: estimated 154647 tape blocks.
DUMP: Volume 1 started with block 1 at: Tue Dec 17
08:46:24 2002
DUMP: dumping (Pass III) [directories]
DUMP: write error 30 blocks into volume 1: Invalid
argument
DUMP: fopen on /dev/tty fails: No such device or
address
DUMP: The ENTIRE dump is aborted.
.. backup failed!
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This looks like a problem with the 'dump' command that
webmin calls .. you
should try running the command
dump -0 -j2 -f /dev/st0 /opt/
at the command line and see what error it reports..