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List:       linux-admin
Subject:    RE: how to back up a whole linux disk to a tape in solaris
From:       Glynn Clements <glynn.clements () virgin ! net>
Date:       2002-07-02 8:49:36
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Sim, CT (Chee Tong) wrote:

> Hi..  Jim,  Thanks for your help!! The command works!!  But I had problem in
> dumping one of the file system.  In my linux box, there are two mount point
> "/" and "/home".  When I use rdump 0uabf 64 57.198.165.56:/dev/rmt/0cn / to
> back up "/" folder ,everything okay.  But if I use the command to back up
> /home folder it gave me the following message.  May I know what's wrong with
> the /home mount point and how to solve it?    
> 
> DUMP: 60.97% done at 848 KB/s, finished in 0:03
> DUMP: bread: lseek fails
>   DUMP: bread: lseek fails

How big are these partitions? On a 32-bit system, lseek() is limited
to 2Gb.

Check whether there's a version of dump which knows about lseek64().

-- 
Glynn Clements <glynn.clements@virgin.net>
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