ira@iear.arts.rpi.edu (Ira Lee) (03/20/91)
I'm trying to use dump.bsd to backup my directories to Apples 40 meg cartrige tape drive. Anyone know what arguments to dump to use? I've tried dump.bsd 0cu ... To back up over 40 megs but with no luck...It looks like it is running to the end of the tape before asking me to put in the next tape. I've tried various combinations of blocking factors and tape sizes (in feet,blocks,K) but with no luck. Has anybody out there successfully backed up their systems with dump.bsd on AUX 2/0? Thanks in advance ira -- bye Ira Lee iradx7@pawl.rpi.edu ira@iear.arts.rpi.edu (518) 276-IRAS (718) 279-4814
gentner@Apple.COM (Don Gentner) (03/21/91)
In article <9R-={1@rpi.edu>, ira@iear.arts.rpi.edu (Ira Lee) writes: > I'm trying to use dump.bsd to backup my directories to Apples 40 meg > cartrige tape drive. Anyone know what arguments to dump to use? In A/UX 2.0, the "c" option to dump.bsd did not work properly, and it was necessary to specify the media size. I used the following command to do a complete (level 0) backup. /etc/dump.bsd 0cubsf 16 37m /dev/rmt/tc1 /dev/dsk/c0d0s0 The meaning of the options is: 0 do a level 0 dump (change as needed) c set for Apple Tape Backup 40SC u write dump date to /etc/dumpdates b 16 use blocking factor of 16k s 37m media size is 37 megabytes /dev/rmt/tc1 is the tape device (replace 1 with correct SCSI id) /dev/dsk/c0d0s0 is the file system being backed up (change as needed) The "c" option is fixed in A/UX 2.0.1, so you can use a simpler command, like the following: /etc/dump.bsd 0cuf /dev/rmt/tc1 /dev/dsk/c0d0s0 Don - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Don Gentner email: gentner@apple.com Apple Computer telephone: 408 974-5198 10440 Bubb Rd, MS: 58A fax: 408 974-0892 Cupertino, CA 95014 AppleLink: GENTNER