From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Apr 16 17:29:04 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id RAA15678 for questions-outgoing; Wed, 16 Apr 1997 17:29:04 -0700 (PDT) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (gdi.uoregon.edu [128.223.170.30]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id RAA15639 for ; Wed, 16 Apr 1997 17:29:01 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.8.5/8.6.12) with SMTP id RAA22535; Wed, 16 Apr 1997 17:28:59 -0700 (PDT) Date: Wed, 16 Apr 1997 17:28:59 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White X-Sender: dwhite@localhost Reply-To: Doug White To: Kevin Eliuk cc: FreeBSD-questions , Antonio Bemfica Subject: Re: Problem with remote dump In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk 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