Date: Tue, 14 Apr 1998 16:28:18 -0700 (PDT) From: Simon Shapiro <shimon@simon-shapiro.org> To: Jean-Marc Zucconi <jmz@cabri.obs-besancon.fr> Cc: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: RE: nightmare: dump/restore broken Message-ID: <XFMail.980414162818.shimon@simon-shapiro.org> In-Reply-To: <9804130153.AA22044@cabri.obs-besancon.fr>
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On 13-Apr-98 Jean-Marc Zucconi wrote:
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> I tried an old tape (2 months old): same result.
^^^^
Keyword. It is not dump/restore. It is the tape. Shall I guess DAT on
SCSI? Since a while back, they only work with 512 byte blocks. Dump/re
store do not know how to handle larger blocks...
> I don't understand why the system files are ok, and this particular fs
> is broken.
> /dev/sd0a on / (NFS exported, local, writes: sync 153 async 1338))
> /dev/sd0f on /usr (NFS exported, local, writes: sync 29 async 579))
> /dev/sd0e on /var (local, writes: sync 179 async 479))
> /dev/sd1e on /home (local, writes: sync 59 async 230))
Probably has something to do with blovking factors.
I can solidly lock up or crash the system with tape operations.
Try cpio to two separate tape drives... total confusion with regards to
biodone callbacks.
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Sincerely Yours,
Simon Shapiro
Shimon@Simon-Shapiro.ORG Voice: 503.799.2313
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