Brent Kearney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hello, I'm trying the following on FreeBSD 4.2: > > dump -0 -h 0 -u -a -f /dev/nsa0 /home/foo > > And the dump is dying with the message: > > DUMP: Dumping /home/shared to /dev/nsa0 > DUMP: bad sblock magic number > DUMP: The ENTIRE dump is aborted. > > /home/foo is not a mount point, but I seem to remember FreeBSD's dump > being able to dump subdirectories.
The man page seems to say otherwise, so you're on your own there. Luckily, you have the source. > I can dump /home (which is a mount > point) without any errors, so its not a problem with /dev/nsa0. What > does "bad sblock magic number" mean? It means, more or less, that it can't find a valid filesystem for the parameters given it. To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
