Date: Sun, 3 Sep 2006 22:09:58 -0400 From: stan <stanb@panix.com> To: Beech Rintoul <beech@alaskaparadise.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Dump to DVD Message-ID: <20060904020958.GA9563@teddy.fas.com> In-Reply-To: <200609031718.23259.beech@alaskaparadise.com> References: <200609031510.58852.beech@alaskaparadise.com> <20060903232712.GA5777@teddy.fas.com> <200609031718.23259.beech@alaskaparadise.com>
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On Sun, Sep 03, 2006 at 05:17:58PM -0800, Beech Rintoul wrote: > On Sunday 03 September 2006 15:27, stan wrote: > > On Sun, Sep 03, 2006 at 03:10:45PM -0800, Beech Rintoul wrote: > > > Can someone give me a bit of help? I'm trying to dump /user to multiple > > > DVD's and keep getting a write error when the DVD runs out of space. I > > > need an example of the proper command. I think I need to add file size to > > > the command, but I'm not quite sure how to do it. I don't normally use > > > DVD's so this is a bit new to me. > > > > What command are you using? tar? dump? ..... > > Dump.... dump -0au -L -f /dev/acd0 /usr > > It used to just prompt me to feed in another DVD. Now it errors out when the > DVD is full. > Hmm, the man page says that the -a option (which you are using), should do just that.. odd. Have you played with teh -s option? -- Unix is very simple, but it takes a genius to understand the simplicity. (Dennis Ritchie)
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