My original message:
>
>When trying to dump my /usr2 partition of a SunOS 4.1.3_U1
>system onto a 4mm tape drive (/dev/nrst8) using the following command:
>
>/etc/dump 0ubdsf 96 54000 13000 $TAPE /dev/sd1g
>
>I periodically get the following error:
>
>Dumping /dev/sd1g partition /usr2...
> DUMP: Date of this level 0 dump: Tue Mar 17 08:28:28 1998
> DUMP: Date of last level 0 dump: the epoch
> DUMP: Dumping /dev/rsd1g (/usr2) to /dev/nrst8
> DUMP: mapping (Pass I) [regular files]
> DUMP: mapping (Pass II) [directories]
> DUMP: estimated 1849594 blocks (903.12MB) on 0.26 tape(s).
> DUMP: fopen on /dev/tty fails
> DUMP: The ENTIRE dump is aborted.
>
>Any ideas?
>
>(Sorry about the double posts.)
Once I ran the dump interactively it was obvious what was happening.
It turns out the dump was failing for other reasons, and trying
to open STDIN for input to ask if I wanted to abort the dump.
I also have some new dump parameters to try on my 4mm drive to
see if it fixes the problem.
Thanks to all.
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