From owner-freebsd-scsi Tue Aug 15 0:24:17 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-scsi@freebsd.org Received: from thecity.sfsu.edu (thecity.sfsu.edu [130.212.2.101]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B39C937B8C5 for ; Tue, 15 Aug 2000 00:24:13 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from freep@thecity.sfsu.edu) Received: from terra (dnai-216-15-121-105.cust.dnai.com [216.15.121.105]) by thecity.sfsu.edu (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id AAA15972; Tue, 15 Aug 2000 00:24:10 -0700 (PDT) From: "freep" To: , Subject: RE: one file system two tapes Date: Tue, 15 Aug 2000 00:26:23 -0700 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.2416 (9.0.2910.0) In-Reply-To: X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4133.2400 Importance: Normal Sender: owner-freebsd-scsi@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Mon 14 Aug 21:59:15 PDT 2000 ~ $ su -l Password: Mon 14 Aug 21:59:23 PDT 2000 Here are the results of your suggestions: ~ # mt -f /dev/nrsa0 stat Mode Density Blocksize bpi Compression Current: 0x24:DDS-2 variable 61000 DCLZ ---------available modes--------- 0: 0x24:DDS-2 variable 61000 DCLZ 1: 0x24:DDS-2 variable 61000 DCLZ 2: 0x24:DDS-2 variable 61000 DCLZ 3: 0x24:DDS-2 variable 61000 DCLZ --------------------------------- Current Driver State: at rest. --------------------------------- File Number: 0 Record Number: 0 ~ # mt -f /dev/nrsa0 blocksize 0 ~ # dump -0au -h 0 -d 61000 -f /dev/nrsa0 /home DUMP: Date of this level 0 dump: Mon Aug 14 22:00:59 2000 DUMP: Date of last level 0 dump: the epoch DUMP: Dumping /dev/rwd0s1h (/home) to /dev/nrsa0 DUMP: mapping (Pass I) [regular files] DUMP: mapping (Pass II) [directories] DUMP: estimated 5438472 tape blocks. DUMP: dumping (Pass III) [directories] DUMP: dumping (Pass IV) [regular files] DUMP: 3.87% done, finished in 2:04 DUMP: 7.07% done, finished in 2:11 [deleted] DUMP: 70.75% done, finished in 0:53 DUMP: write error 3888064 blocks into volume 1 DUMP: Do you want to restart?: ("yes" or "no") I'm not sure what to do next to overcome this problem. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated, Sam Free Print Shop 3145 23rd St San Francisco, 94110 Phone: 415.648.3222 Fax: 415.648.4466 Website: http://freeprintshop.org -----Original Message----- From: Matthew Jacob [mailto:mjacob@feral.com] Sent: Monday, August 14, 2000 9:55 PM To: Sam Cc: freebsd-scsi@freebsd.org Subject: RE: one filesystem two tapes Ah. You do you have the tape set to fixed blocksizes? Try mt -f /dev/nrsa0 stat If the blocksize field is nonzero, try setting mt -f /dev/nrsa0 blocksize 0 And see if that helps. Sigh. I need to revisit this area and ignore the folks who've been telling me to not fix EOT handling. On Mon, 14 Aug 2000, Sam wrote: > I have tried to use dump with this command: > > dump -0au -h 0 -d 61000 -f /dev/nrsa0 /home > > When what appears to be the end of tape is reached I get this error message: > > DUMP: write error 3725120 blocks into volume 1 > > and a choice to restart or abort. I've done this a number of times with the > same error message except for the block number. What am I doing wrong? > > Thanks, Sam > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Matthew Jacob [mailto:mjacob@feral.com] > Sent: Monday, August 14, 2000 8:50 PM > To: Sam > Cc: freebsd-scsi@FreeBSD.ORG > Subject: Re: one filesystem two tapes > > > > Use dump(8) so it splits across multiple tapes. > > > On Mon, 14 Aug 2000, Sam wrote: > > > I have a file system larger than can be held on a dds-2 tape. is there any > > way to back it up so that what does not fit on one tape fits on the next. > if > > there is a way how do you do it, > > Thanks > > Sam > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-scsi" in the body of the message > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-scsi" in the body of the message