Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2000 01:07:02 -0400 From: "Crist J. Clark" <cjc@cc942873-a.ewndsr1.nj.home.com> To: j telford <jtelford@visto.com> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Dump/Restore disk to disk trouble Message-ID: <20000411010702.C28498@cc942873-a.ewndsr1.nj.home.com> In-Reply-To: <38E3ECE0000B03A9@smtp.visto.com>; from jtelford@visto.com on Mon, Apr 10, 2000 at 02:38:58PM -0700 References: <38E3ECE0000B03A9@smtp.visto.com>
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On Mon, Apr 10, 2000 at 02:38:58PM -0700, j telford wrote: > First, I'm quite new at this. > 2 Seagate 8 GB SCSI Ultra Wide off an Adptec 2940 UW. > FeeBSD 3.4 > > Complete new setup and no extra data on drives that didn't come with the > install CD. > > I realized I wanted to turn my /usr 16 GB slice into a vinum mirror to the > other drive so I thought I could use dump/restore commands first move /usr to a > small 1 gb slice, create the vinum slice and copy it back. Also gives me good > experience playing with dump/restore and vinum before turning users loose on > the box. > Well and I'm done playing and now need some help please. > I searched back through some other posts and attempted the following: > > Current /usr slice da0s1f > Create new slice on da1s1f > Boot to single user mode > fsck -y / > fsck -y /dev/da0s1f > fsck -y /dev/da1s1f > Clean on all > > mount -u / > mount /dev/da1s1f /mnt > > >From this point I tried 2 different dump/restore commands, both seem to have > trouble with the restore portion. > > Attempt 1 > dump -0f - /dev/da0s1f | (cd /mnt; restore -xf -) > > We get past "Dump:dumping (Pass iv) " > Then a multiple of ' <file name> cannot create file no such directory ' errors. > Then a multiple of ' <file name> cannot create hard link no such directory ' > errors. > Then : set owner . y/n: I answer y > > /mnt now appears to contain some of the sub-directory tree but not all of it. > > Attempt 2 > dump -0f - /dev/da0s1f | restore -rf - > Gets past 'dump:dumping (Pass IV) again then after a few minutes then a > multitude of file names with the error 'unable to create device not configured' > fopen: device not configured. > another pause with a message 'invalidating pack' > and finally 'cannot create savefile ./resoresymtable for symbol table' > > I have also tried doing the dump and restore separately and can create a dump > file on disk but the restore from disk file runs for a bit then asks for a tape > which I can't get around. Is /dev/da0s1f roughly the same size as /dev/da1s1f? What does, % df -i Produce when both are mounted? I'm just making a wild guess that those errors could be from running out of inodes on the target partition. -- Crist J. Clark cjclark@home.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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