Hi all! Martin wrote:
> Trying to get amanda working on Mac OSX 10.1.5 using dump as the backup > service. However when I try and run dump I get the following.. > ... > DUMP: bad sblock magic number > DUMP: The ENTIRE dump is aborted. > > Any ideas?? I'll try with gtar and see what happens, but I'd prefer to > use dump. Well, I figure, you are using HFS+ for your Mac OS X hard disk? (It's the default) If so, then most probably dump on OS X supports UFS filesystems only. The message "bad sblock magic number" leads me to that conclusion. To be sure, you'd better either check the source from Darwin or ask at some Darwin developers' mailing list. HTH, Patrick M. Hausen Technical Director -- punkt.de GmbH Internet - Dienstleistungen - Beratung Scheffelstr. 17 a Tel. 0721 9109 -0 Fax: -100 76135 Karlsruhe http://punkt.de
