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From: lat@snoopy.cs.vt.edu (Laurie Zirkle)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.aux
Subject: Re: dump.bsd & bad sblock magic number - Please Help!!
Keywords: dump.bsd sblock magic fsck fsstat
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Date: 19 Dec 90 13:45:01 GMT
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In article <1990Dec18.223648.3079@chinet.chi.il.us> henry@chinet.chi.il.us (Henry C. Schmitt) writes:
>I posted this two weeks ago, but got no answers, can anyone help??
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>$ dump.bsd 0fs /dev/dsk/c2d0s4 42m /

Try using /dev/rdsk/c0d0s0 (or the equivalent, if your root is somewhere
else) instead of the name / .  I have had the same problem here, and it
only shows up when trying to dump root.  

Laurie