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Murray Watson
Oct 8, 2003, 5:56:59 PM10/8/03
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In linux.redhat.announce - article <da441d4d.0310081030.17446a46
@posting.google.com>, on 8 Oct 2003 11:30:31 -0700, Clint says...
> Any ideas as to why I am getting a "dd: writing to `/dev/nst0':
> Invalid argument" error?
>
> # ssh REMOTECLIENT /sbin/dump -0af - /dev/sda6 | dd of=/dev/nst0
> DUMP: Date of this level 0 dump: Tue Oct 7 21:48:58 2003
> DUMP: Dumping /dev/sda6 (/) to standard output
> DUMP: Added inode 8 to exclude list (journal inode)
> DUMP: Added inode 7 to exclude list (resize inode)
> DUMP: Label: /
> DUMP: mapping (Pass I) [regular files]
> DUMP: mapping (Pass II) [directories]
> DUMP: estimated 162176 tape blocks.
> DUMP: Volume 1 started with block 1 at: Tue Oct 7 21:48:58 2003
> DUMP: dumping (Pass III) [directories]
> dd: writing to `/dev/nst0': Invalid argument
> 1+0 records in
> 0+0 records out
@posting.google.com>, on 8 Oct 2003 11:30:31 -0700, Clint says...
> Any ideas as to why I am getting a "dd: writing to `/dev/nst0':
> Invalid argument" error?
>
> # ssh REMOTECLIENT /sbin/dump -0af - /dev/sda6 | dd of=/dev/nst0
> DUMP: Date of this level 0 dump: Tue Oct 7 21:48:58 2003
> DUMP: Dumping /dev/sda6 (/) to standard output
> DUMP: Added inode 8 to exclude list (journal inode)
> DUMP: Added inode 7 to exclude list (resize inode)
> DUMP: Label: /
> DUMP: mapping (Pass I) [regular files]
> DUMP: mapping (Pass II) [directories]
> DUMP: estimated 162176 tape blocks.
> DUMP: Volume 1 started with block 1 at: Tue Oct 7 21:48:58 2003
> DUMP: dumping (Pass III) [directories]
> dd: writing to `/dev/nst0': Invalid argument
> 1+0 records in
> 0+0 records out
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