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Subject: Re: dump of entire disk
To: fbsdlist@federation.addy.com (Cliff Addy)
Date: Thu, 19 Jun 1997 14:29:11 -0500 (CDT)
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In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.95q.970619144340.1890A-100000@federation.addy.com> from Cliff Addy at "Jun 19, 97 02:50:09 pm"
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In a previous message, Cliff Addy said:
> Is there a way to have dump backup an entire disk?  I have a disk set up
> with three filesystems (/, /usr, and /var) and I can only get dump to send
> out a single filesystem.  I'd rather not use three separate tapes for each
> backup.

Use a non-rewinding tape device /dev/nrst0
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