Return to BSD News archive
Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!vtc.tacom.army.mil!ulowell.uml.edu!europa.chnt.gtegsc.com!news.mathworks.com!gatech!howland.reston.ans.net!Germany.EU.net!EU.net!sun4nl!knoware.nl!news.utrecht.knoware.nl!usenet From: niek@knoware.nl (Niek Rijnbout) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc Subject: Re: Tape Backup Problems *please help* Date: Thu, 13 Jul 1995 17:18:51 GMT Organization: Knoware Lines: 22 Message-ID: <3u3kho$81q@news.knoware.nl> References: <3tdbbg$fcl@gaia.ucs.orst.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: niek.knoware.nl X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.0.82 millerj@OES.ORST.EDU (James Miller) wrote: Yes, these are all wrong >dump 0ufd 400000 /dev/rst0 /usr >dump 0ufd400000 /dev/rst0 /usr >dump 0uf /dev/rst0 d 400000 /usr >dump 0uf /dev/rst0 d400000 /usr >dump 0uf /dev/rst0 /usr d 400000 >dump 0uf /dev/rst0 /usr d400000 You have to keep the options and parameters in the same order. If you specify fd you should give the parameters /dev/rst0 4000000. So: dump 0ufd /dev/rst0 400000 /usr or dump 0udf 40000000 /dev/rst0 /usr By the way, I seem to remember reading in the bsd faq that setting densitys on dat tapes can make the tape unreadable. Try using the B option instead (blocksize) and specify 4000000 (4 meg 1K blocks = 4GB) Niek