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Re: tar vs. dump for / backup?
2008-07-15 15:56:11
johns AT msli DOT com wrote:
sendsize[7952]: time 0.003: /dev/sda2: Bad magic number in super-block while
opening filesystem^M
sendsize[7952]: time 0.003: DUMP: The ENTIRE dump is aborted.
sendsize[7952]: time 0.004: .....
sendsize[7952]: time 0.004: estimate time for / level 0: 0.002
sendsize[7952]: time 0.004: no size line match in /usr/sbin/dump output for /
This error offers more information as to why it really died.
What do I do about it?
What does it mean?
Is this a manifestation of the reiserfs-dump incompatibility?
Yes, dump is for ext2/3, it can't backup a reiserfs filesystem, you must
use GNUTAR for reiserfs.
Jean-Louis
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