On Sun, Sep 03, 2006 at 05:17:58PM -0800, Beech Rintoul wrote: > On Sunday 03 September 2006 15:27, stan wrote: > > On Sun, Sep 03, 2006 at 03:10:45PM -0800, Beech Rintoul wrote: > > > Can someone give me a bit of help? I'm trying to dump /user to multiple > > > DVD's and keep getting a write error when the DVD runs out of space. I > > > need an example of the proper command. I think I need to add file size to > > > the command, but I'm not quite sure how to do it. I don't normally use > > > DVD's so this is a bit new to me. > > > > What command are you using? tar? dump? ..... > > Dump.... dump -0au -L -f /dev/acd0 /usr > > It used to just prompt me to feed in another DVD. Now it errors out when the > DVD is full. >
Hmm, the man page says that the -a option (which you are using), should do just that.. odd. Have you played with teh -s option? -- Unix is very simple, but it takes a genius to understand the simplicity. (Dennis Ritchie) _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
