Tape dumping programs for Unix/Linux... - test-drb@ccmp.vtda.org

2 May 2002

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  Date: Thu, 2 May 2002 05:34:09 -0500 (CDT)
 From: Doc &lt;doc(a)mdrconsult.com&gt;
 To: classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org
 Subject: Re: Tape dumping programs for Unix/Linux...
 In-Reply-To: &lt;Pine.LNX.4.44.0205021957030.15892-100000(a)floodland.tved.net.au&gt;

 On Thu, 2 May 2002 cvisors(a)carnagevisors.net wrote:

  there is also dump & restore, if the Sparc is
running solaris there is
 ufsdump and ufsrestore, and finally if all else fails tar
 these programs should allready be (dump and restore) on the redhat box. 
   I'd be very interested to know if RedHat dump/restore will fly on
 those magtapes.  Linux' version only works on ext2 filesystems on the
 dump side, but since the tape archive (_IF_ it was generated by unix
 dump) isn't exactly a filesystem....  My bet would be a big no go, but
 now I'm curious.
   BTW, Jochen turned me on to the maketape utility from PUPS a while
 back.  It works very well. 
By their nature, dump and restore (or ufsdump and ufsrestore) are
operating-system specific.  Dump in particular works on the raw disk
image and must have intimate knowledge of the way the operating system
constructs a file system.

On the other hand, I was once successful at restoring a dump tape made
on a MicroVax Ultrix system using "restore.old" on a NeXT.  I was rather
astonished that it worked.

    carl
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        carl lowenstein   marine physical lab   u.c. san diego
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