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From: ratazzie@lonex.radc.af.mil (Edward P. Ratazzi)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: dump multiple file systems on same tape ?
Message-ID: <1990Dec10.144309.7455@lonex.radc.af.mil>
Date: 10 Dec 90 14:43:09 GMT
References: <84@nososl.UUCP>
Sender: ratazzie@lonex.radc.af.mil (Edward P. Ratazzi)
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In-Reply-To: <1990Dec7.185525.14932@maverick.ksu.ksu.edu>

In article <1990Dec7.185525.14932@maverick.ksu.ksu.edu> you write:
>In article <84@nososl.UUCP> olav@nososl.UUCP (Jan-Olav Eide) writes:
>>
>>I am attempting to dump several (root) filesystems onto the same tape,
>>using the following syntax:
>>
>>   dump 0ufsdn /dev/rmt14 10000 1500 /dev/gd0a
>>   dump 0ufsdn /dev/rmt14 10000 1500 /dev/gd2a
>>   dump 0ufsdn /dev/rmt14 10000 1500 /dev/gd4a
>>
>>
>>The dump proceeds nicely, but when I attempt to restore, all I find
>>on the tape is the first filesystem. No sign of the two other.
>
>Try:
>
>	mt fsf n
>
>Where n is the number of filesystems to skip over on that tape.
>Do this before you invoke restore. See the man page on mt(1) for
>more information.
>

Or you can do it all in one step (in SunOS, anyway):

        restore xfs /dev/nrmt8 n

Where n is the file system to skip to (n>0).  

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