Date: Tue, 22 Oct 2002 10:19:56 -0400 (EDT) From: Jerry McAllister <jerrymc@clunix.cl.msu.edu> To: brent@kearneys.ca Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: DUMP: bad sblock magic number Message-ID: <200210221419.g9MEJub17821@clunix.cl.msu.edu> In-Reply-To: <20021021174837.A77115@kearneys.ca> from "Brent Kearney" at Oct 21, 2002 05:48:37 PM
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> > Hello, I'm trying the following on FreeBSD 4.2: > > dump -0 -h 0 -u -a -f /dev/nsa0 /home/foo > > And the dump is dying with the message: > > DUMP: Dumping /home/shared to /dev/nsa0 > DUMP: bad sblock magic number > DUMP: The ENTIRE dump is aborted. > > /home/foo is not a mount point, but I seem to remember FreeBSD's dump > being able to dump subdirectories. I can dump /home (which is a mount > point) without any errors, so its not a problem with /dev/nsa0. What > does "bad sblock magic number" mean? As far as I know, dump will only work for file systems and not on sub-directories. The bad magic is basically telling you that as well. If you find a way, let us know. ////jerry > > Please CC: me on any replies, as I'm not subscribed -- and thanks in > advance. > > Cheers, > > Brent > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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