Date: Wed, 16 Apr 1997 17:28:59 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: Kevin Eliuk <kevin_eliuk@sunshine.net> Cc: FreeBSD-questions <FreeBSD-questions@FreeBSD.org>, Antonio Bemfica <bemfica@militzer.me.tuns.ca> Subject: Re: Problem with remote dump Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.970416172823.12317Q-100000@localhost> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.970416043940.151B-100000@kevin.sunshine.net>
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On Wed, 16 Apr 1997, Kevin Eliuk wrote: > On Mon, 14 Apr 1997, Antonio Bemfica wrote: > > My pc is a micronics weitek386-20 5mb dram w/1.2mb 5 1/4 & 1.44mb 3.5 > floppy drives, maxtor 71084 AP 1036mb. As of yet I have no tape backup > system. > > I want to make a backup of some files some of which whose size exceeds the > limits of my floppy drives. I tried to run dump a0uf /dev/rfd0 /[directory > | file] but recieved the same error as Antonio. > > Q: Do I have to configure the disk drives in /etc/fstab to enable this > operation? No, you must dump an entire filesystem. It's a silly requirement, but makes sense from a permissions standpoint. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major
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