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Subject: Problems with dump(8) on one partition
Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2000 09:17:26 -0700
From: "Kevin Oberman" <oberman@es.net>
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I am unable to dump one of my partitions. I have dumped it several
times in the past, but it now fails immediately with the error:
  DUMP: bad sblock magic number

I have no trouble mounting and/or using the volume. I just can't dump
it. I did a full fsck on the volume and it finds no errors.

Any ideas what could be going on? I get nervous when I can't keep a
good backup.

Thanks,

R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer
Energy Sciences Network (ESnet)
Ernest O. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab)
E-mail: oberman@es.net			Phone: +1 510 486-8634


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