On Fri, Jun 29, 2007 at 09:58:27PM +0300, Teemu Rinta-aho wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I have been using tar for a while to make backups. Now I'm
> planning to switch over to using dump.
> 
> I planned to write multiple DVD-R sized volumes into separate
> files, which I'll burn on DVD-R discs.
> 
> However, while running tests, I noticed that single volume
> dumps cause no problems when restoring, even directly from
> a DVD. But, when I create a multi-volume dump, I always
> get these errors when restoring:
> 
> 	resync restore, skipped XXX blocks
> 
> I tested the same on Linux, with the same ~100MB test
> directory, and I get the problems whenever I have more
> than one volume.
> 
> This is so old and tested software that I'm quite
> certain the problem is the user.. Please help me :-)

How did you create the dump volumes?

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