This linux-kernel mailing list posting has a short summary and interesting update on the issue (that I had not seen before, anyway).
http://www.cs.helsinki.fi/linux/linux-kernel/2001-40/1002.htmlhttp://www.cs.helsinki.fi/linux/linux-kernel/2001-40/1002.html Summary: kernels later than 2.4.11 are okey-dokey. "Anthony A. D. Talltree" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>Its interesting that I was unaware of this dilema ( the possible failure >>of DUMP ) until it was posted on this list > >It's mentioned in the second paragraph of Sun's ufsdump man page. >Despite all the FUD that's been parroted about dump over the years, by >and large it's worked just fine for most people. > >Either the Linux kernel and/or the Linux incarnation of dump is >apparently way broken, and Linus (or whoever) seems to be too lazy or >stubborn to fix it. Tar is simply not a general-purpose replacement for >something that backs up a whole filesystem without trashing the read >dates on files - and in much less time. > Tommy McGuire
