On Tue, 16 Oct 2001 at 11:18am, Chris Dahn wrote
> FAILURE AND STRANGE DUMP SUMMARY: > localhost /proc lev 0 FAILED [disk /proc offline on localhost?] > localhost /mnt lev 0 FAILED [/sbin/dump returned 1] > localhost /lost+found lev 0 FAILED [/sbin/dump returned 1] > localhost /export lev 0 FAILED [/sbin/dump returned 1] > localhost /opt lev 0 FAILED [/sbin/dump returned 1] > localhost /misc lev 0 FAILED [/sbin/dump returned 1] > localhost /.automount lev 0 FAILED [/sbin/dump returned 1] > localhost /tftpboot lev 0 FAILED [/sbin/dump returned 1] > localhost /bin lev 0 FAILED [/sbin/dump returned 1] > localhost /sbin lev 0 FAILED [/sbin/dump returned 1] > localhost /etc lev 0 FAILED [/sbin/dump returned 1] > localhost /boot lev 0 FAILED [/sbin/dump returned 1] > localhost /dev lev 0 FAILED [/sbin/dump returned 1] > localhost /root lev 0 FAILED [/sbin/dump returned 1] > localhost /lib lev 0 FAILED [/sbin/dump returned 1] > localhost /var/lib/amanda/holding lev 0 FAILED [/sbin/dump returned 1] > localhost /var/lib/amanda/holding lev 0 FAILED [dump to tape failed] > localhost /usr lev 0 FAILED [/sbin/dump returned 1] > localhost /usr lev 0 FAILED [dump to tape failed] That's a rather, err, extreme disklist. Did you just put an entry in for every directory in "/"? /proc is not a "real" filesystem -- it's where the OS keeps state info. /.automount really doesn't need to get backed up either. /lost+found is where fsck puts lost files -- it doesn't need to get backed up. *snip* > /-- localhost /mnt lev 0 FAILED [/sbin/dump returned 1] > sendbackup: start [localhost:/mnt level 0] > sendbackup: info BACKUP=/sbin/dump > sendbackup: info RECOVER_CMD=/sbin/restore -f... - > sendbackup: info end > ? You can't update the dumpdates file when dumping a subdirectory > sendbackup: error [/sbin/dump returned 1] > \-------- That's your problem, right there on the 2nd to last line. Dump can only be used on an entire filesystem (i.e. an entry in fstab). To backup subdirectories, you need to use tar. So, either keep using dump and just dump partitions, or switch to tar and be a bit more judicious in your selections. -- Joshua Baker-LePain Department of Biomedical Engineering Duke University
