Xref: utzoo comp.unix.misc:799 comp.unix.admin:781 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!samsung!uunet!mcsun!cernvax!chx400!sicsun!disuns2!shawn From: shawn@litsun8.litsun.epfl.edu (Shawn Koppenhoefer) Newsgroups: comp.unix.misc,comp.unix.admin Subject: Re: backup difficulties Message-ID: Date: 7 Jan 91 23:07:17 GMT References: Sender: news@disuns2.epfl.ch Reply-To: shawn@litsun.epfl.ch Followup-To: comp.unix.misc Distribution: comp Organization: Laboratoire d'informatique technique Lines: 19 In-reply-to: shawn@litsun8.epfl.edu's message of 7 Jan 91 11:18:18 GMT Shawn> When I to a "dump f /dev/rst8 /u/username " Shawn> I get the above error message. What's my problem? oops. silly of me. dump can only be used on complete file systems no specific parts. For some reason I didn't think of tar (I hadn't had my coffee yet). thanx for those would pointed out my sillyness. I'd cancel the article but the news reader insists that I didn't post it so... -- _________________________________________________________________ | shawn@litsun.epfl.ch -.- KLEIN BOTTLE FOR SALE ...\####### | Shawn Edwin Koppenhoefer \_/ ... enquire within \###### | LIT-EPFL (Ecole Polytechnique Federal De Lausanne)_______\#####