Thanks for quick answer to:
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Olle Eriksson <olle_at_cb.uu.se>
Vicki Tuttle <tuttle_at_wrc.xerox.com>
Original problem:
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>
> I have now started to upgrade these Alpha to OSF 4.0B.
> Whit the new operatin system, when I try to rdump to the SUN machine I get
> the following error:
>
> # /usr/sbin/rdump -f apache:/dev/nrst4 /dev/rz3a
> rdump: Dumping from host dylan
> rdump: Date of this level 9 dump: Tue May 27 08:02:12 1997 GMT
> rdump: Date of last level 0 dump: the start of the epoch
> rdump: Dumping /dev/rrz3a (/) to /dev/nrst4 on host apache.esrin.esa.it
> rdump: Mapping (Pass I) [regular files]
> rdump: Mapping (Pass II) [directories]
> rdump: Remote system is not known to be compatible for magtape functions,
output
> being treated as regular file
> rdump: Estimate: 51894 tape blocks on disk
> The available blocks(35157),is less than the estimated blocks(51894)
> Dump is being aborted
> rdump: SIGTERM received
> rdump: The ENTIRE dump is aborted
>
Answer:
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There is a bug in the rdump of OSF 4.0B.
To fix it install patch ID: OSF410-400079
Paolo Pompili
Received on Tue May 27 1997 - 19:18:14 NZST