[comp.sys.ibm.pc.rt] Problems with dump

muts@fysak.fys.ruu.nl (Peter Mutsaers) (03/27/91)

When I try to make a dump of a file system on our streaming tape
(6157-002) which should be capable of 150MB, I can do what I want with
the dump command (changing s and d, length and density) but never get more 
than about 15MB on it. 
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webb@ibmpa.awdpa.ibm.com (Bill Webb) (03/29/91)

In article <root.670081694@fysak>, muts@fysak.fys.ruu.nl (Peter Mutsaers) writes:
|> When I try to make a dump of a file system on our streaming tape
|> (6157-002) which should be capable of 150MB, I can do what I want with
|> the dump command (changing s and d, length and density) but never get more 
|> than about 15MB on it. 
|> --
|> Peter Mutsaers                          email:    muts@fysap.fys.ruu.nl     

I've done this without any problems (I only dump a maximum of 40mb
because none of my partitions are bigger than that), but I've definately
gotten more than 15mb. The command I use is something like:

	dump u0sf 15000 /dev/rst0 /u/webb

When it fails, does it fail with a message from dump wanting another
tape or does it fail with an I/O error because you are at the end
of the tape?

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