I am running Linux. I have a dump 0.4b9-1, which I got from an RPM. It's
the latest that's on rpmfind.net. I looked at SourceForge, and, indeed,
there is a newer version. Before I go to the work of installing it, are
there good reasons to prefer dump to gnu-tar or vice versa?

Thanks,
Dylan

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Dylan P. Casey                              email:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Michigan State University                  office:517-432-0216
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On Tue, 28 Nov 2000, John R. Jackson wrote:

> >Once I did that, everthing worked just fine with gnu tar ...
> 
> Glad to hear it.
> 
> >(dump still doesn't work with the big disk).
> 
> What do you mean?
> 
> If you're using Linux, make sure you get the latest version of dump
> from SourceForge.  It's maintanence was nil for a long time and it had
> serious problems, which have recently (months) become vastly improved.
> 
> >Dylan
> 
> John R. Jackson, Technical Software Specialist, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> 

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