Re: Using dump output from Sun under Debian

[Amos Shapira <amos@dsi.co.il>]

John D. Amidon wrote:
> 
> Anyone know how to make Debain's `restore' command correctly read a DAT tape
> written on on a Sun?  The backup was made with the following command:
> 
> dump 0bdsf 126 54000 6000 /dev/rst1 /home
> 
> I've tried various things, I even read the SCSI-HOWTO and still no joy.  I
> believe the drive is working fine, since I can read `cpio' backups from a
> Sun just fine.

I'm not 100% sure, but I think the format used by "dump" isn't
cross-platform compatible.  You should stick to tar or cpio.

Hope this helps,

--Amos