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- From: dsm@prism.gatech.EDU (Danny McGurl)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.admin
- Subject: Re: How to put two dumps on one tape?
- Message-ID: <66127@hydra.gatech.EDU>
- Date: 16 Aug 92 16:01:19 GMT
- References: <1992Aug16.073907.2933@athena.mit.edu>
- Organization: Revelstone High Command
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- ross@mecha.mit.edu (Ross Levinsky) writes:
-
- >Here's an easy one. I have two Suns, and since their / partitions are so
- >small, I'd like to dump them to both to one tape (sequentially) with the
- >"dump" command. How do I do this (preferably without using the no-rewind
- >options), and how do I restore the partitions correctly when they're
- >sequential?
-
- Basicly, you don't. The no rewind device is what this job calls for, and if
- you aren't willing to use it then there is no solution.
-
- Consider this: After you dump the first file to the tape (and it rewinds
- since you aren't using the no-rewind device), then *something* will have to
- skip to the end of file mark. Does it matter if a program does it or if you
- write some shell script that uses mt to do it?
-
- As long as you always back the machines up in the same order, you shouldn't
- have to worry too much about keeping the dumps straight.
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