From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Feb 14 14:46:47 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8CF8A16A47A for ; Tue, 14 Feb 2006 14:46:47 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from joe@netmusician.org) Received: from netmusician.org (netmusician.org [209.67.223.75]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CDD4943D53 for ; Tue, 14 Feb 2006 14:46:46 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from joe@netmusician.org) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by netmusician.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 187FC730B7; Tue, 14 Feb 2006 09:46:46 -0500 (EST) Received: from netmusician.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (netmusician.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 99454-10; Tue, 14 Feb 2006 09:46:45 -0500 (EST) Received: from [192.168.0.2] (12-223-193-72.client.insightbb.com [12.223.193.72]) (using TLSv1 with cipher RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by netmusician.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F298D730AD; Tue, 14 Feb 2006 09:46:44 -0500 (EST) Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v746.2) In-Reply-To: <443bimav7o.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> References: <1CFD830B-2CAC-44A9-9120-6CF351FD3EB9@netmusician.org> <443bimav7o.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Message-Id: <039BD206-0592-4F99-BE9B-CB49310E5BDC@netmusician.org> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: Joe Auty Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2006 09:46:42 -0500 To: FreeBSD Questions , Lowell Gilbert X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.746.2) X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at netmusician.org Cc: Subject: Re: core dump with dump command in single user mode X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2006 14:46:47 -0000 On Feb 14, 2006, at 9:08 AM, Lowell Gilbert wrote: > Joe Auty 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 Those directions are a little outdated, but the problem is really just 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