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#! rnews 1637 bsd Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mel.connect.com.au!munnari.OZ.AU!spool.mu.edu!howland.erols.net!news.mathworks.com!uunet!in3.uu.net!208.195.156.10!news.walltech.com!hsnx.wco.com!news.wco.com!news From: "Jeffery T. White" <zellion@cyberwind.com> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: figuring out dump Date: 3 Dec 1996 05:55:01 GMT Organization: CyberWind Lines: 30 Message-ID: <01bbe0de$d55ca240$df6d04c7@zellion.cyberwind.com> References: <RHUFF.96Dec2175343@shell1.cybercom.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: zellion.cyberwind.com X-Newsreader: Microsoft Internet News 4.70.1155 This is what I use. dump 0ufB /dev/nrst0.2 2000000 / dump 0ufB /dev/nrst0.2 2000000 /var dump 0ufB /dev/rst0.2 2000000 /usr Far as I can remember I use nrst0.2 for the first two since it doesnt rewind and rst0.2 for the last to rewind on close. The "0" is a level "0" dump, everything. The "u" updates the dump records in /etc/dumpdates The "f" specifies file "/dev/nrst0.2" The B is Blocks (records) and I'll be dammed if I know why I put 2000000! :-) but it seems to work, I can restore off it also. I think it comes out as number of bytes somehow but don't quote me on that... My drive is a 4mm DAT 2 gigabyte. The man pages to read are: dump, restore, st, mt and one other I cannot recall. Robert Huff <rhuff@shell1.cybercom.net> wrote in article <RHUFF.96Dec2175343@shell1.cybercom.net>... > > I just got a new tape drive (HP 1536 4mm DAT) and I'm > having trouble getting dump to deal. Is there anyone out there > using one of these and if so, what are youtelling dump? > > Thanks. >