SUMMARY : dump problem

From: jean.schuller <Jean.Schuller_at_IReS.in2p3.fr>
Date: Wed, 25 Aug 1999 14:52:43 +0200 (MET DST)

        Hello Managers,

        I got several answers. The main idea was
        - Dump in 4.x upto 4.0c has a bug
        - use tar cf - . | (cd /mnt && tar -xpf -)
        - dump 0f - / | (cd /mnt ; restore -xf -)

        So I had more other problems, I made a full new
        install (4.0F) onto the new disk and all works well.

        Thanks for their help to
                . Dave Tetreault
                . Knut Hellebø
                . Ernest Gronblom
                . alan_at_nabeth.cxo.de
                . Micono, Jeff
                . Ian Mortimer
                . MacDonell, Dennis



        JEAN


Original question was :

        In order to boot from a new disk, I need to copy
        / and /usr partition from tho old to the new disk.
        So, I mount /dev/rz2a to /mnt (the new partition),
        then I run :
        dump 0f - / | (cd /mnt ; restore rf -)
        and I get the message :
        THE AVAILABLE BLOCKS (0) IS LESS THAN THE ESTIMATED BLOCKS.

        / size on rz1a is 189.886 blocks and
        the space left on rz2a is 507.694 blocs.


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