From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Aug 10 12:40:59 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from hotmail.com (f284.law10.hotmail.com [64.4.14.159]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 22C2637B407 for ; Fri, 10 Aug 2001 12:40:58 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from ex279@hotmail.com) Received: from mail pickup service by hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Fri, 10 Aug 2001 12:40:57 -0700 Received: from 205.228.172.82 by lw10fd.law10.hotmail.msn.com with HTTP; Fri, 10 Aug 2001 19:40:57 GMT X-Originating-IP: [205.228.172.82] From: "Todd Reed" To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Making Compressed Backups Date: Fri, 10 Aug 2001 14:40:57 -0500 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed Message-ID: X-OriginalArrivalTime: 10 Aug 2001 19:40:57.0928 (UTC) FILETIME=[60864480:01C121D4] Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG I've got a tape drive and I can backup my drive using "tar cv /dev/nrsa0 /", but, I'm wanting to compress it. When I try "dump -0u -f /dev/nrsa0 /", I get an error message saying DUMP: bad sblock magic number DUMP: The ENTIRE dump is aborted. What is the best way to backup the entire system to a tape with compression? --Todd _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message