From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Apr 17 03:10:58 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id DAA29923 for questions-outgoing; Wed, 17 Apr 1996 03:10:58 -0700 (PDT) Received: from colin.muc.de (root@colin.muc.de [193.174.4.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id DAA29908 for ; Wed, 17 Apr 1996 03:10:33 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [193.174.4.22] ([193.174.4.22]) by colin.muc.de with SMTP id <86023-1>; Wed, 17 Apr 1996 12:10:07 +0200 Message-Id: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Date: Wed, 17 Apr 1996 11:45:20 +0200 To: jlwest@tseinc.com From: Lutz Albers Subject: Re: dump/tape problems Cc: freebsd-questions@freefall.FreeBSD.org Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk -On 2.1-stable, we just installed an HP C1533 SCSI 4mm dat. To test the -setup, I did a 'find / -depth -print|cpio -ovc > /dev/rst0' and then a 'cpio --it < /dev/rst0'. All looked great. However, I'd like to use the dump -command. So... I did a 'dump 0uf /dev/rst0 /' and all appears ok, but within -3 minutes or so it says 'mount volume 2'. This seems strange to me, as the -lowest capacity possible with the drive is 2gb and my entire hard drive is -1.6gb (I'm only using about 300mb). What am I doing wrong? Hi, you didn't told dump how large your tapes are. Look at the density, length and blocksize options of dump. I personally use the B option with the number of tape blocks (1KByte blocks). Something like dump u0Bf 100000 /dev/nrst0 / BTW, you know that you are using the auto-rewinding device, or ? ciao lutz --------------------------------------------------------------------- Lutz Albers | What's good ? Luederitzstr. 14, 81929-Muenchen, Germany | Life's good - ph: +49-89-93940364 | But not fair at all fax:+49-89-93940365 | (Lou Reed) Do not take life too seriously, you will never get out of it alive.