> Date: Thu, 2 May 2002 05:34:09 -0500 (CDT)
> From: Doc <doc_at_mdrconsult.com>
> To: classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org
> Subject: Re: Tape dumping programs for Unix/Linux...
> In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.44.0205021957030.15892-100000_at_floodland.tved.net.au>
>
> On Thu, 2 May 2002 cvisors_at_carnagevisors.net wrote:
>
> > there is also dump & restore, if the Sparc is running solaris there is
> > ufsdump and ufsrestore, and finally if all else fails tar
> > these programs should allready be (dump and restore) on the redhat box.
>
> I'd be very interested to know if RedHat dump/restore will fly on
> those magtapes. Linux' version only works on ext2 filesystems on the
> dump side, but since the tape archive (_IF_ it was generated by unix
> dump) isn't exactly a filesystem.... My bet would be a big no go, but
> now I'm curious.
> BTW, Jochen turned me on to the maketape utility from PUPS a while
> back. It works very well.
By their nature, dump and restore (or ufsdump and ufsrestore) are
operating-system specific. Dump in particular works on the raw disk
image and must have intimate knowledge of the way the operating system
constructs a file system.
On the other hand, I was once successful at restoring a dump tape made
on a MicroVax Ultrix system using "restore.old" on a NeXT. I was rather
astonished that it worked.
carl
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carl lowenstein marine physical lab u.c. san diego
clowenstein_at_ucsd.edu
Received on Fri May 03 2002 - 02:16:31 BST