Date: Wed, 1 Nov 1995 10:40:01 -0700 From: Nate Williams <nate@rocky.sri.MT.net> To: John Capo <jc@irbs.com> Cc: nate@rocky.sri.MT.net (Nate Williams), brian@MediaCity.com, questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: DUMP: short read error from /dev/rsd1f: [block 3440784]: count=8192, got=8191 Message-ID: <199511011740.KAA14996@rocky.sri.MT.net> In-Reply-To: <199511011735.MAA14669@irbs.irbs.com> References: <199511011547.IAA14799@rocky.sri.MT.net> <199511011735.MAA14669@irbs.irbs.com>
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> > > DUMP: dumping (Pass IV) [regular files] > > > DUMP: short read error from /dev/rsd1f: [block 6288]: count=8192, got=8191 > > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > > > > Umm, why are you reading from the raw device? DUMPs are taken from > > unmounted block devices. > > That's the way dump does it. Always uses the raw device. > > cleat 2# dump 0f - /dev/sd0a > /dev/null > ^^^^^^^^^ > DUMP: Date of this level 0 dump: Wed Nov 1 12:20:31 1995 > DUMP: Date of last level 0 dump: the epoch > DUMP: Dumping /dev/rsd0a (/) to standard output > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Duh, learn something new everyday. :( Sorry for the false alarm. Nate
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