> -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Gary DiPillo > Sent: Tuesday, June 27, 2006 12:06 PM > To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU > Subject: Re: Redhat emergency recovery tape backup > > > John, > > On my FLEX-ES system, the backup command is: > > dd if=/dev/sda of=/dev/st1 bs=4096 > > I imagine it's similar for most of the Redhat FLEX-ES implementations. > > > On Tue, 27 Jun 2006 11:50:17 -0500, McKown, John wrote:
Ah! Then the only change in interpretion of those messages would be that the "records" would be 4096 bytes in length instead of 512 bytes in length. But they do look normal for the "dd" command. I've never seen "dd" use the word "bytes" instead of "records". -- John McKown Senior Systems Programmer HealthMarkets Keeping the Promise of Affordable Coverage Administrative Services Group Information Technology This message (including any attachments) contains confidential information intended for a specific individual and purpose, and its content is protected by law. If you are not the intended recipient, you should delete this message and are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, or distribution of this transmission, or taking any action based on it, is strictly prohibited. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
