Date: Mon, 4 Sep 2000 12:21:36 -0700 From: "Crist J . Clark" <cjclark@reflexnet.net> To: Mark Ibell <marki@paradise.net.nz> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Strange 'dump' behaviour Message-ID: <20000904122136.U62475@149.211.6.64.reflexcom.com> In-Reply-To: <003301c01582$9dc2b950$0101a8c0@evileye>; from marki@paradise.net.nz on Sun, Sep 03, 2000 at 08:40:16PM %2B1200 References: <000901c01551$0646ee60$0101a8c0@evileye> <20000903001223.C62475@149.211.6.64.reflexcom.com> <003301c01582$9dc2b950$0101a8c0@evileye>
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On Sun, Sep 03, 2000 at 08:40:16PM +1200, Mark Ibell wrote: > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Crist J . Clark" <cjclark@reflexnet.net> > To: "Mark Ibell" <marki@paradise.net.nz> > Cc: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> > Sent: Sunday, September 03, 2000 7:12 PM > Subject: Re: Strange 'dump' behaviour > > > > On Sun, Sep 03, 2000 at 02:45:26PM +1200, Mark Ibell wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > > > I've been playing with dump/restore a bit recently (on a 4.1-RELEASE > system) > > > and found that if I do a level 0 dump of /, then add a couple of files, > and > > > then perform a level 1 dump, most of the files in the level 0 dump are > > > present in addition to the new files. The commands I'm running are: > > > > > > # dump -0au -b 10 -f /dev/nrsa0 / > > > # dump -1au -b 10 -f /dev/nrsa0 / > > > > > > The same thing appears to happen on /usr & /var, but if I set up another > > > filesystem like /bkroot everything seems to work as expected. Any ideas > why > > > this is happening? > > > > Are you sure the files being included haven't actually been changed > > even if you did not do it yourself? > > Yes - I'm positive because I've even tried running the commands one after > another. Oops. Forgot about this thread. I've done some dumps and have not seen anything odd. Could you actually show us the 'restore -tvf' output so we can see what files are being dumped that you think should not be? -- Crist J. Clark cjclark@alum.mit.edu To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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