On Sunday 03 September 2006 18:09, stan wrote: > On Sun, Sep 03, 2006 at 05:17:58PM -0800, Beech Rintoul wrote: > > On Sunday 03 September 2006 15:27, stan wrote: > > > On Sun, Sep 03, 2006 at 03:10:45PM -0800, Beech Rintoul wrote: > > > > Can someone give me a bit of help? I'm trying to dump /user to > > > > multiple DVD's and keep getting a write error when the DVD runs out > > > > of space. I need an example of the proper command. I think I need to > > > > add file size to the command, but I'm not quite sure how to do it. I > > > > don't normally use DVD's so this is a bit new to me. > > > > > > What command are you using? tar? dump? ..... > > > > Dump.... dump -0au -L -f /dev/acd0 /usr > > > > It used to just prompt me to feed in another DVD. Now it errors out when > > the DVD is full. > > Hmm, the man page says that the -a option (which you are using), should > do just that.. odd. Have you played with teh -s option?
No, but specifying -B4589840 in the line works. I have no Idea why it won't autodetect. Anyway, thanks for the help. This is a client's machine running 6-STABLE, and I was hoping it wouldn't turn into a retirement project this weekend, which it didn't. If anyone wants to track this down, I'm in (relatively) close proximity to the box, and I'll be more than happy to do some further testing later in the week. Beech -- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Beech Rintoul - Sys. Administrator - [EMAIL PROTECTED] /"\ ASCII Ribbon Campaign | Alaska Paradise \ / - NO HTML/RTF in e-mail | 201 East 9Th Avenue Ste.310 X - NO Word docs in e-mail | Anchorage, AK 99501 / \ - Please visit Alaska Paradise - http://www.alaskaparadise.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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