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Subject: Re: problems dumping large fs's?
To: fn@pain.csrv.uidaho.edu (Faried Nawaz)
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> 
> 
> hi,
> 
> i'm having problems dumping part of my /usr onto tape. 
                              ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> /usr is local, ufs, and on an 850mb ide drive.
> 

dump(8) dumps _complete_ file systems, not parts of them.
You will have to dump /usr, not /usr/local.


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