From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Dec 7 10:57:39 1996 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) id KAA06033 for questions-outgoing; Sat, 7 Dec 1996 10:57:39 -0800 (PST) Received: from horton.iaces.com ([204.147.87.98]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) with ESMTP id KAA06027 for ; Sat, 7 Dec 1996 10:57:37 -0800 (PST) Received: (from proot@localhost) by horton.iaces.com (8.8.3/8.7.3) id MAA11512; Sat, 7 Dec 1996 12:57:32 -0600 (CST) From: "Paul T. Root" Message-Id: <199612071857.MAA11512@horton.iaces.com> Subject: Re: Looking for good backup software, or help with amanda. To: frank@exit.com (Frank Mayhar) Date: Sat, 7 Dec 1996 12:57:32 -0600 (CST) Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <199612070206.SAA19707@exit.com> from Frank Mayhar at "Dec 6, 96 06:06:57 pm" X-Organization: !nterprise Networking Services - ACES X-Phone: (612) 663-1979 X-Fax: (612) 663-8030 X-Page: (800) SKY-PAGE PIN: 537-7270 X-Address: 200 S. 5th St., Suite 1100 X-Address: Minneapolis, MN 55402 X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL22 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk In a previous message, Frank Mayhar said: > I need backup software that will back up around 25 GB (that's our total > full backup). I've tried amanda, but it gives the following complaint: > > dumps too big, but cannot incremental dump new disk > > Maybe I'm doing something wrong; if so, I could use some advice. Thanks > in advance. You get this when your disk partition is bigger than the holding area that you've allocated. Either make more space for holding or set that file system to holding-disk in your disklist config file. Note, this doesn't imply that this partition will be used for holding, it just means that it's dumps will go directly to tape. I wish there was a way to tell it to put it on the holding disk if it can, otherwise go straight to disk. That'd make my life happy. Paul. -- One Shift, Two Shift R e d S h i f t, B l u e S h i f t