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Date:      Thu, 12 Jul 2001 16:13:08 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Matthew Jacob <mjacob@feral.com>
To:        Jim Bryant <kc5vdj@yahoo.com>
Cc:        scsi@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: oddity with dump(8) or sa(4) in -current
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.21.0107121611570.61694-100000@beppo>
In-Reply-To: <3B4E2BE3.F92F44C6@yahoo.com>

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On Thu, 12 Jul 2001, Jim Bryant wrote:

> [subscribing to FreeBSD-scsi as I type this]
> 
> `mt status` shows "variable" as the default, and I am not specifying a
> blocksize to dump.  Below is an example of how I am doing this, and all
> other partitions use the same options.
> 
> /sbin/dump -0 -a -n -u -f /dev/nsa0 /
> 
> On a side note, what happened to the "raw" device nodes [/dev/*rsa*]? I'm guessing that the lack of "raw" nodes doesn't make a diff,
> as /dev/*sa* are all character-mode devices.

No, all devices are block devices now. Linux has no raw, FreeBSD has no
cooked. Feh.

Okay- I'll try and chase this down again. It's really time for me to pay
attention to sa(4) again.

-matt



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