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mbutler@sdcc13.ucsd.edu (M. COOPER / B. McQUAID) writes:

>I have a NeXTstation color and a Data General Aviion server.  The
>Aviion has a 525 MB 1/4 drive and I'd love to backup my NeXT to
>it.  Here's what I've tried :

>if I do the following as myself I get:

>cara> /etc/rdump 0uf host1:/dev/rmt/1 /Homes/bmcquaid/Forms
>  DUMP: Date of this level 0 dump: Mon Aug 17 10:17:23 1992
>  DUMP: Date of last level 0 dump: the epoch
>  DUMP: Dumping /Homes/bmcquaid/Forms to /dev/rmt/1 on host host1
> DUMP: bad sblock magic number
>  DUMP: The ENTIRE dump is aborted.

Look at the man page for dump.  The final argument to dump (or
rdump) must be a FILESYSTEM, not a directory (like SunOS, for
instance).  So, if /Homes is a separate partition for you, then:
cara> /etc/rdump 0uf host1:/dev/rmt1 /Homes
should work for you, if the tape drive is on host1's /dev/rmt1 port
(I assume your /dev/rmt/1 is a typo, or else DG machines are really
weird).

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