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Subject: Re: Help with tape backup?
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>The following is a typescript of how I'm tring to 
>run a tape backup.  I would like to know how
>to change the default backup device.  I would 
>like to send the data to be backedup to /dev/ft0
>and not /dev/rst0.  Can someone tell me what I'm 
>doing wrong?
>
># dump 0sd 307 1600 /dev/ft0_
>  DUMP: Date of this level 0 dump: Mon May 25 10:25:25 1998_
>  DUMP: Date of last level 0 dump: the epoch_
>  DUMP: Dumping /dev/ft0 to /dev/rst0_
>  DUMP: bad sblock magic number_
>  DUMP: The ENTIRE dump is aborted._
># ^D__exit_
You need to use the -f command to tell it you're using a 
different file.
Try
dump 0fsd /dev/ft0 307 1600 what_ever_filesystem_you're_dumping
	Ian


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