Date: Fri, 22 Apr 2005 19:00:10 -0400 From: Dan Ponte <dcp1990@neptune.atopia.net> To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: dump woes Message-ID: <20050422230010.GA10266@neptune.atopia.net> In-Reply-To: <20050422200525.GG12673@cirb503493.alcatel.com.au> References: <20050422030748.GA64953@neptune.atopia.net> <20050422200525.GG12673@cirb503493.alcatel.com.au>
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On Sat, Apr 23, 2005 at 06:05:25AM +1000, Peter Jeremy <PeterJeremy@optushome.com.au> was witnessed plotting the following conspiracy: > On Thu, 2005-Apr-21 23:07:48 -0400, Dan Ponte wrote: > >I'm having a rather strange predicament with dump(8). First, I tried > >dumping a snapshot to a file within the filesystem being dumped like so: > > > > styx# dump -0u -a -L -C 8 -f /usr/backup/usr.dump /usr > > > >I then let it sit for a while. The filesystem was only 4.1GB, but the > >dump file was growing to almost 12GB! > > Try running fsck on the filesystem. It's possible that there's some > corruption that's confusing dump. > fsck seems to have run successfully. It did say "incorrect block count," but I told it to fix it. However, I am still seeing the negative tape blocks problem. -Dan -- Dan Ponte http://www.theamigan.net/ Comparing information and knowledge is like asking whether the fatness of a pig is more or less green than the designated hitter rule." -- David Guaspari
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