Dear All,
I am having problems using dump to backup to a DAT drive. If I use the
b option to set blocksize to 64 the dump fails, ommiting this option
it is ok.
Anyone seen this ? The system is running OSF/1 v3.2, the DAT drive is
a TTi CTS-4410 in TK50Z emulation mode with or without compression.
# /sbin/dump -0 -b 64 -f /dev/nrmt0h /
dump: Dumping from host arneb
dump: Date of this level 0 dump: Tue Jun 13 16:39:04 1995 BST
dump: Date of last level dump: the start of the epoch
dump: Dumping /dev/rrz3a (/) to /dev/nrmt0h
dump: Mapping (Pass I) [regular files]
dump: Mapping (Pass II) [directories]
dump: Estimate: 39546 tape blocks on 0.05 volume(s)
dump: Dumping (Pass III) [directories]
dump: Volume 1, tape # 0001, begins with blocks from i-node 2
dump: Dumping (Pass IV) [regular files]
dump: Write error -- wanted to write: 65536, only wrote: -1
slave_work(): write(): Invalid argument
dump: Write error - /dev/nrmt0h, volume 1, 0 feet -- cannot recover
dump: NEEDS ATTENTION: Do you want to restart this volume?: ("yes" or "no") no
dump: Cannot remove shared memory
remove_shared_memory(): shmctl(): Invalid argument
dump: SIGTERM received -- Try rewriting
dump: Unexpected signal -- cannot recover
# /sbin/dump -0 -f /dev/nrmt0h /
dump: Dumping from host arneb
dump: Date of this level 0 dump: Tue Jun 13 16:39:41 1995 BST
dump: Date of last level dump: the start of the epoch
dump: Dumping /dev/rrz3a (/) to /dev/nrmt0h
dump: Mapping (Pass I) [regular files]
dump: Mapping (Pass II) [directories]
dump: Estimate: 39492 tape blocks on 0.05 volume(s)
dump: Dumping (Pass III) [directories]
dump: Volume 1, tape # 0001, begins with blocks from i-node 2
dump: Dumping (Pass IV) [regular files]
dump: 1.27% done -- finished in 00:01
dump: Actual: 39508 tape blocks on 1 volume(s)
dump: Feet remaining on tape: 1127
dump: Volumes used: 1
dump: Dump completed at Tue Jun 13 16:41:08 1995 BST
# ls -l /sbin/dump
-rwxr-xr-x 1 bin bin 442368 Feb 3 05:04 /sbin/dump
Thanks,
Paul
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Received on Tue Jun 13 1995 - 18:46:54 NZST