Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2006 09:46:42 -0500 From: Joe Auty <joe@netmusician.org> To: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>, Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org> Subject: Re: core dump with dump command in single user mode Message-ID: <039BD206-0592-4F99-BE9B-CB49310E5BDC@netmusician.org> In-Reply-To: <443bimav7o.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> References: <1CFD830B-2CAC-44A9-9120-6CF351FD3EB9@netmusician.org> <443bimav7o.fsf@be-well.ilk.org>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
On Feb 14, 2006, at 9:08 AM, Lowell Gilbert wrote: > Joe Auty <joe@netmusician.org> writes: > >> Hello, >> >> Following the instructions here: http://www.unixcities.com/howto/ >> index.html I did a: >> > Those directions are a little outdated, but the problem is really just > that you didn't follow the directions closely enough: > >> dump -0f - /usr | restore -rf - /backup/usr > > should have been more like > > dump -0f - /usr | (cd /backup/usr;restore -xf - ) Okay, I'm still getting: no space left in string table abort? If I say "n", it just core dumps.... Any other suggestions? Would using "dd" be a valid workaround to cloning my disk? My disk is over a 100 gigabytes, could this be what is causing dump to crap out? ----------- Joe Auty NetMusician: web publishing software for musicians http://www.netmusician.org joe@netmusician.org
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?039BD206-0592-4F99-BE9B-CB49310E5BDC>