Date: Tue, 5 May 1998 07:56:33 +0000 (GMT) From: Terry Lambert <tlambert@primenet.com> To: kpielorz@tdx.co.uk (Karl Pielorz) Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: dump/restore - broken? Message-ID: <199805050756.AAA17991@usr02.primenet.com> In-Reply-To: <354D8551.D1D229AF@tdx.co.uk> from "Karl Pielorz" at May 4, 98 10:07:29 am
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> > Beware, dump/restore is also broken for large filesystems. I personally > > think that dump/restore should be dropped from FreeBSD. > > > > Tom > > Eeek! - Please don't tell me that! - I use dump and restore to backup 3 x > 9Gig filesystems on a monthly basis, and my own machines 12+Gb on a weekly > backup... > > Whats wrong with dump/restore? - I remember reading an article a while ago > (either somewhere on the freebsd.org site - or linked from their) discussing > the various backup methods (Tar, Amanda, Dump etc.) - saying that Dump comes > out on top for 'out the box' functionality, and ability to cope with > 'open/updated' files during the backup etc? 32 bit signed limit. The actual value is 2G * 512, since it goes by blocks. None of your FS's are 1TB, are they? Terry Lambert terry@lambert.org --- Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present or previous employers. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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