Hmm...  here is a URL to linux kernel list discussion on why Linus says
"dump is depreceated":

http://hypermail.idiosynkrasia.net/linux-kernel/archived/2002/week28/0429.html

I never saw problems on 2.2 with lage FS though. Guess it was just a
matter of time.

- Jim

On Fri, 2002-12-13 at 09:11, Michael C Tiernan wrote:
> On Friday 13 December 2002 08:15, David Allan wrote:
>  > as I
>  > really liked the dump & restore interface.
> 
> I have been reading that 'dump' has been strongly discouraged for use on Linux 
> systems because of (at last reading) a problem exists between the kernel and 
> the application.  I find this a bizzare definition but haven't been able to 
> research the problem much more.
> 
> The note that I'd seen that sent me down this path said that Linus said there 
> was a problem and that it wasn't high on the list of things to fix.
-- 
Jim Collins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

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