Date: Thu, 10 Sep 1998 10:55:37 -0400 From: Forrest Aldrich <forrie@forrie.com> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Tape drive and DUMP Message-ID: <199809101505.LAA08210@spook.navinet.net>
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I'm having a bit of difficulty trying to get a decent system dump on tape with FreeBSD-2.2.7-STABLE. Using the same tapes that I use in my Solaris system, I perform: /sbin/dump 0uf /dev/rst0 /usr/local But for some reason, it thinks the tape is very small. I have 4.0gig-capable tapes. I've tried specifying the tape length (feet) and that doesn't make a difference. Dump will indicate something like 49.x tapes required for the dump of /usr/local which is less than 2gig :) The tape drive info is: Present Mode: Density = 0x24 Blocksize variable Comp 0 ---------available modes--------- Mode 0: Density = 0x00 Blocksize variable Mode 1: Density = X3.136-1986 Blocksize = 512 bytes Mode 2: Density = X3.39-1986 Blocksize variable Mode 3: Density = X3.54-1986 Blocksize variable I've looked at the manpage for st and mt and I've not been able to gleen any info about this. This is a 4mm tape drive. Thanks. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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