Re: dump/restore


Subject: Re: dump/restore
From: Rich Lafferty (rich@alcor.concordia.ca)
Date: Thu Sep 16 1999 - 20:53:24 MDT


Quoting Rich Lafferty (rich@alcor.concordia.ca) from Wed, Sep 01, 1999 at 01:35:53PM -0400:
> Hi,
>
> I'm running into a problem with dump that I can't quite figure out.
> Here's the deal:
>
> # dump -0 -f /tmp/dump-test /
> <dump happens without error>
> # restore -C -f /tmp/dump-test
> Tape is not a dump tape
>
> What on earth am I missing?

Apologies for following up my own post -- but I'm scratching my head over
this one and haven't heard anything.

Could someone with dump installed just do a test dump to a file and
check its integrity to see if it's broken dump or my broken system?

Thanks,

  -Rich

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