From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Dec 6 10:40:33 2000 From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Dec 6 10:40:32 2000 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from doheny.beach.net (doheny.beach.net [206.16.184.191]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4EEC837B401 for ; Wed, 6 Dec 2000 10:40:31 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (scott@localhost) by doheny.beach.net (8.10.0.Beta12/8.10.0.Beta12) with ESMTP id eB6Ic2V37600 for ; Wed, 6 Dec 2000 10:38:02 -0800 (PST) Date: Wed, 6 Dec 2000 10:38:01 -0800 (PST) From: "Scott B. Gale" To: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: rdump to Travan 8GB Cartridge In-Reply-To: <3A2D9F06.41C67EA6@flash.net> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Thanks Courtney, The -B parameter was what did the trick! Thank you very much for your help. Scott B. Gale Dana Point Communications On Tue, 5 Dec 2000, Courtney wrote: > I use the "-B 8000000" parameter to tell dump about said tape with no > problem, e.g. to dump root......... > dump 0u -B -f 8000000 /dev/nrsa0 / > Regards, > Courtney > > > > Scott B. Gale wrote: > > > > Maybe someone out there has run into this problem before. > > > > I am trying to to use rdump to backup a file system on one machine to a > > SCSI tape drive on another machine on the same network. The first machine > > (whose files I'm backing up) is running FreeBSD 4.1. The second (which has > > the SCSI tape drive) is running FreeBSD 2.2.8. The tape is a Travan 8GB > > Cartridge (4GB uncompressed). The tape specifications are as follows > > according to the manufacturer: To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message