Date: Sun, 28 Feb 1999 19:11:26 -0600 (CST) From: "Douglas K. Rand" <rand@meridian-enviro.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Tar Message-ID: <14041.59710.83701.737431@deneb.meridian-enviro.com>
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In using tar to do a backup of the root file system of one of our 3.1-RELEASE systems I notice that the GNU tar (1.11.3) shipped with 3.1 doesn't like to backup some of the special files: ? gtar: ./dev/da0s3: minor number too large; not dumped ? gtar: ./dev/da0s4: minor number too large; not dumped ? gtar: ./dev/da1s3: minor number too large; not dumped ? gtar: ./dev/da1s4: minor number too large; not dumped ? gtar: ./dev/da2s3: minor number too large; not dumped ? gtar: ./dev/da2s4: minor number too large; not dumped But I found that the current release of GNU tar (1.12) from ftp.gnu.org will backup those special files just fine. Are there any reasons anybody thinks I shouldn't use the latest GNU tar? To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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