From owner-freebsd-hackers Tue May 5 00:56:45 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id AAA16901 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Tue, 5 May 1998 00:56:45 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from smtp04.primenet.com (daemon@smtp04.primenet.com [206.165.6.134]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id AAA16891 for ; Tue, 5 May 1998 00:56:40 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from tlambert@usr02.primenet.com) Received: (from daemon@localhost) by smtp04.primenet.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) id AAA14359; Tue, 5 May 1998 00:56:41 -0700 (MST) Received: from usr02.primenet.com(206.165.6.202) via SMTP by smtp04.primenet.com, id smtpd014343; Tue May 5 00:56:34 1998 Received: (from tlambert@localhost) by usr02.primenet.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) id AAA17991; Tue, 5 May 1998 00:56:33 -0700 (MST) From: Terry Lambert Message-Id: <199805050756.AAA17991@usr02.primenet.com> Subject: Re: dump/restore - broken? To: kpielorz@tdx.co.uk (Karl Pielorz) Date: Tue, 5 May 1998 07:56:33 +0000 (GMT) Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: <354D8551.D1D229AF@tdx.co.uk> from "Karl Pielorz" at May 4, 98 10:07:29 am X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL25] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > > Beware, dump/restore is also broken for large filesystems. I personally > > think that dump/restore should be dropped from FreeBSD. > > > > Tom > > Eeek! - Please don't tell me that! - I use dump and restore to backup 3 x > 9Gig filesystems on a monthly basis, and my own machines 12+Gb on a weekly > backup... > > Whats wrong with dump/restore? - I remember reading an article a while ago > (either somewhere on the freebsd.org site - or linked from their) discussing > the various backup methods (Tar, Amanda, Dump etc.) - saying that Dump comes > out on top for 'out the box' functionality, and ability to cope with > 'open/updated' files during the backup etc? 32 bit signed limit. The actual value is 2G * 512, since it goes by blocks. None of your FS's are 1TB, are they? Terry Lambert terry@lambert.org --- Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present or previous employers. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message