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Subject: bin/9135: tar doesn't back up device files
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>Number:         9135
>Category:       bin
>Synopsis:       tar doesn't back up device files
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    freebsd-bugs
>State:          open
>Quarter:
>Keywords:
>Date-Required:
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Sat Dec 19 20:20:01 PST 1998
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Randall Hopper
>Organization:
self
>Release:        FreeBSD 3.0-RELEASE i386
>Environment:

        Stock 3.0-RELEASE.  Std tar.

>Description:

	Using tar to backup my root partition, I find that tar can't
back up many (around 80) of my device files.  The errors are all of
this form:

        tar: dev/rwd0s3: minor number too large; not dumped
        tar: dev/rwd0s3c: minor number too large; not dumped
        ...
        tar: dev/da0s3: minor number too large; not dumped
        tar: dev/rda0s3: minor number too large; not dumped
        tar: dev/da0s4: minor number too large; not dumped

>How-To-Repeat:

	sh MAKEDEV some of these device files and try to archive with tar.

>Fix:
	

>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted:

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