Joshua Baker-LePain <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> On 25 Mar 2002 at 10:08am, Jason Henry Parker wrote
> > Some versions of dump for Linux are capable of doing it. The problem,
> > as dump reported, is that it's not possible to update the dumpdates
> > file in that case (which strikes me as pretty reasonable).
> I should have been clearer. dump will happily do a level 0 of whatever
> directory you point it at. But it won't do an incremental (level 1+) of
> anything but a partition.
Yes, my understanding is that the inability to update the dumpdates
file is what causes the problem with incrementals. It strikes me as
quite reasonable, given he circumstances.
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