From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jul 21 11:38:09 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 79FD737B401 for ; Mon, 21 Jul 2003 11:38:09 -0700 (PDT) Received: from anyfloridahome.com (adsl-068-153-193-052.sip.bct.bellsouth.net [68.153.193.52]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 94ABF43F75 for ; Mon, 21 Jul 2003 11:38:08 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from bob@anything-inc.com) Received: from neo.anything-inc.com [68.153.193.50] by anyfloridahome.com with ESMTP (SMTPD32-6.00) id A45B12C006C; Mon, 21 Jul 2003 14:43:39 -0400 Message-Id: <5.2.0.9.0.20030721143437.00aad5b0@mail.anything-inc.com> X-Sender: bob@anything-inc.com@mail.anything-inc.com (Unverified) X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 5.2.0.9 Date: Mon, 21 Jul 2003 14:35:27 -0400 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org From: Bob Collins Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed Subject: Dump from cron job, need to change tape X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 21 Jul 2003 18:38:09 -0000 Sorry to repost, but wanted to post with a subject line. >I hope I am not asking a NewB question, but I read through dump and cron >and see no obvious way to run a nightly dump through cron AND allow user >intervention to change the tape. > >I am running a DDS2 tape drive and trying to backup around 12GB. The tape >runs to the end, issues the end of tape, and then dump fails. I would like >to be able to change the tape and get a backup. > >Do I need to use some other software, or am I missing a switch or >something somewhere? > >TIA >Bob