Date: Sat, 26 Apr 2003 17:57:44 -0400 From: Barney Wolff <barney@pit.databus.com> To: Tomi Vainio - Sun Finland <Tomi.Vainio@Sun.COM> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: dump restore problem Message-ID: <20030426215744.GA97642@pit.databus.com> In-Reply-To: <16042.64964.345642.224980@ultrahot.finland.sun.com> References: <16042.64964.345642.224980@ultrahot.finland.sun.com>
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On Sun, Apr 27, 2003 at 12:44:36AM +0300, Tomi Vainio - Sun Finland wrote: > During my ufs2 migration I've used piped dump restore procedure. Is > it normal that block sizes like 512 or 1000 don't work? Block size > 512 gives an error and 1000 hangs forever while 126 is working fine. > > dump 0buf 512 - / | restore xbf 512 - I think you want to leave out the b option and use -a to tell dump not to try to determine the size of the "tape". I would also use -rf on restore, not -xf, and add -C 32 to dump args. At least that's what I gleaned from rtfm dump & restore. -- Barney Wolff http://www.databus.com/bwresume.pdf I'm available by contract or FT, in the NYC metro area or via the 'Net.
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