Subject: Re: backup with dump
To: Maurizio Caloro <mauric@gmx.ch>
From: Johnny Billquist <bqt@update.uu.se>
List: netbsd-users
Date: 07/02/2003 18:48:16
On Wed, 2 Jul 2003, Maurizio Caloro wrote:

> >netsun# dump 0dsf 61000 10240 /dev/rst01 /dev/sd0a
> >option f	filename
> >option d 	density 	61000
> >option s                feet		10240

A few tips: set the TAPE variable, and you won't have to specify it the
whole time.
Use -a to dump to tell it to write to eof, instead of trying to guess how
much can fit onto the tape. And when you do that, you can skip the "d" and
"s" switches.

Apart from that, it looks like it works fine, except that you need several
tapes with the parameters you have input.

	Johnny

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