i made what i thought would be a fine backup of a freebsd-6.0 machine using dump. more specifically i issued a
# dump -0f - /usr | ssh -o 'EscapeChar none' [EMAIL PROTECTED] "cat > /usr/dumps/usr.fs" this created usr.fs on my openbsd backup host. now that i'm trying to restore the dump on my backup host, which i now realize i should have tested prior to wiping the drive of the old machine, i am getting the following messages: # cat usr.fs | restore -rf - restore: Tape is not a dump tape # restore -i usr.fs restore: /dev/rst0: Device not configured this is disheartening and makes me worried :(. i hope i have not hosed my backup, but i am inclined to say that i haven't broken anything since i've done this before when setting up CGD on netbsd (see http://www.s-mackie.demon.co.uk/unix-notes/NetBSD-CGD-Setup.html ) and there were no issues there. could there be some problem with a dump from freebsd-6.0 not restoring on openbsd-3.7, i.e. if i reinstalled freebsd-6.0 on another machine, could i restore the dumps? thx for reading, quick replies appreciated. jake
