On Tuesday 19 of January 2010 23:48:45 Erik Bryer wrote: > I have found that, without using either automout or LVM, the device numbers > of NFS mount points will change. (Linux Kernel=2.6.18, GNU tar 1.22.) I > think the info page & manual ought to be updated to reflect that > `--no-check-device' is suggested for any NFS mount. > > The info page states, "...NFS devices have undependable values when an > automounter gets in the picture" and "device numbers can cause spurious > redumping of unmodified files... when archiving LVM snapshot volumes." I'm > not using automout or LVM on any of my systems, but device numbers do > change, causing a redump.
Good point. I've already seen that happening: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/501848 Kamil
