Date: Wed, 29 Oct 1997 15:26:13 -0600 From: Al Johnson <Al.Johnson@AJC.State.Net> To: admin@netsys.hn Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Help for backup with TR-4 Travan minicartridges Message-ID: <3457A9F5.63542A9D@AJC.State.Net> References: <345795AA.B8DC3FB1@netsys.hn>
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You're only missing one option here. Include the "a" option to dump and it will write until a physical eot is encountered. I had this same problem and a little looking through man dump located the solution to the problem. -- Al Quin Taylor wrote: > > Dear Sirs: > > I am an ISP in Honduras and I use TRAVAN tr-4 tapes for backup. > However I am having a large problem when issuing the unix dump backup > command. > Please send instructions for Free BSD Unix backup.... I am using > > /sbin/rdump 0dsfu 67733 740 /dev/nrst0 / > > This starts fine but needs 3 cartridges to complete a backup of > a 4gb hard disk and this disk is only 7% full. One tape should be plenty > but somehow I am giving incorrect command from unix. > > Please let me know the best dump command in unix to backup my unix > FREEBSD system.
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