Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!apple!claris!wombat From: wombat@claris.com (Scott Lindsey) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next Subject: dump onto OD Keywords: errand, insufferable, staphylococcus, French Message-ID: Date: 8 Dec 89 01:22:00 GMT Sender: wombat@claris.com Distribution: comp Organization: Claris Corporation, Santa Clara, CA Lines: 24 Subversive: alias Has anyone had success with using dump to backup onto optical disk? If I specify optical media as documented in dump(8): # dump 0uno DUMP: Date of this level 0 dump: Thu Dec 7 17:15:55 1989 DUMP: Date of the last level 0 dump: the epoch DUMP: Dumping /dev/rsd0a (/) to /dev/rxt0 DUMP: mapping (Pass I) [regular files] DUMP: mapping (Pass II) [directories] DUMP: estimated 239817 optical disk blocks on 0.98 optical disk(s). DUMP: NEEDS ATTENTION: Cannot open tape. DO you want to retry the open?: ("y es" or "no") yes DUMP: NEEDS ATTENTION: Cannot open tape. DO you want to retry the open?: ("y es" or "no") ... etc. So apparently specifying "o" as part of the key doesn't work as advertised. I was able to rdump to the optical drive on a different NeXT, but is there any way to get it to work locally? Scott Lindsey |"Cold and misty morning. I heard a warning borne in the air Claris Corp. | About an age of power when no one had an hour to spare" ames!claris!wombat| DISCLAIMER: These are not the opinions of Claris, Apple, wombat@claris.com | StyleWare, the author, or anyone else living or Dead.