On Thu, 24 Jul 1997 12:37:35 -0700, Philippe Troin wrote: >> DUMP: Date of this level 0 dump: Thu Jul 24 12:41:50 1997 >> DUMP: Date of last level 0 dump: the epoch >> DUMP: Dumping /dev/sda3 (/) to /dev/null >> DUMP: mapping (Pass I) [regular files] >> DUMP: mapping (Pass II) [directories] >> DUMP: estimated 182460 tape blocks on 0.36 tape(s). >> DUMP: dumping (Pass III) [directories] >> DUMP: master/slave protocol botched. >> DUMP: The ENTIRE dump is aborted. > >I have this sometimes when the partition I dump isn't in /etc/dumpdates. >Create a dummy /etc/dumpdates line for your partition in /etc/dumpdates. >Additionnaly, you might want to report this as a bug.
Yes, it actually was /etc/dumpdates causing this. A "cp /dev/null /etc/dumpdates" did it, and everything works fine now. ----- mfg Joerg Delker/2 e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] (PGP publickey available on demand) PGP Public Key Fingerprint = 8C 6E 3D 15 56 32 80 09 D9 53 26 07 D0 46 18 96 -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
