Date: Fri, 17 Sep 1999 22:04:45 -0700 (MST) From: John and Jennifer Reynolds <jreynold@primenet.com> To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: dump(8) saga continues: can't restore Message-ID: <14307.7533.310932.927096@localhost.primenet.com>
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Hi all, My dump(8) saga continues. A friend suggested using 4000000 as the tape length to get the TR4 drive to work correctly with dump. So, I issued the following command: dump 0uBbf 4000000 10 /dev/nrsa0 / Right then I did an "mt rewind" then "mt eod" and did the following dump 0uBbf 4000000 10 /dev/nrsa0 /home This time, dump didn't hang** DUMP: estimated 30887 tape blocks on 0.01 tape(s). DUMP: dumping (Pass III) [directories] where it had before--it got all the way through the dump with success. I figure "yahoo I've got it" ... so I thought I'd go into restore interactively so I could see each dump to prove to myself they were both there sequentially on the tape. I "mt rewind" and do "restore -i". Great, the contents of "/" are viewable. I exit and rewind again. I then do "mt fsf 1" to put the tape at the next file, or so I think (from the man page). When I do "restore -i" here I get: tape read error: Undefined error: 0 and restore immediately exits and the tape rewinds. Reading the man pager further on restore, I then used restore -s 2 -i in hopes of getting to the "second file" on the tape, but still got the "undefined error" above. Any clues here? Seagate TapeStor 8000, 3.3-STABLE, Adaptec 7890. Somebody out there's gotta be using this freaking TR4 tape with dump(8)..... Help. Thanks! -Jr ** see previous questions-digest from 9/17/99 -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= John Reynolds Chandler Capabilities Engineering, CDS, Intel Corporation jreynold@sedona.ch.intel.com My opinions are mine, not Intel's. Running jreynold@primenet.com FreeBSD 3.3-STABLE. FreeBSD: The Power to Serve. http://www.primenet.com/~jreynold/ Come join us!!! @ http://www.FreeBSD.org/ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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