On Wed, Mar 09, 2011 at 08:28:31AM -0700, Jeff Ross wrote: > On 03/08/11 16:20, Brett Lymn wrote: > > > >Unlikely to be a bug more likely that you did a dump of a file system > >that was changing while the dump was in progress. This breaks the > >backup and produces the sort of symptoms you are seeing when trying to > >do a restore. > > > > That's not very likely since this is from my OpenBSD workstation at work > taken in the middle of the night when I'm not there and httpd is only > set up to listen on localhost. >
No log rotations? Changing directory entries seems to be the most likely culprit for having the problem. > > That's the bug I'm asking about, but if what you write above is correct > my belief that dump is an adequate backup is now in question. No where > in the dump man page does it say that and that certainly flies in the > face of everything I thought I knew about how dump does its job. > It is not likely to be a bug it is far more likely that your backup was broken by things changing under dump's feet. It was broken because you had an incomplete understanding of how dump works. Dump is fine to use when the system is in multiuser as long as you take care to ensure changes to meta-data is not done during the backup. -- Brett Lymn "Warning: The information contained in this email and any attached files is confidential to BAE Systems Australia. If you are not the intended recipient, any use, disclosure or copying of this email or any attachments is expressly prohibited. If you have received this email in error, please notify us immediately. VIRUS: Every care has been taken to ensure this email and its attachments are virus free, however, any loss or damage incurred in using this email is not the sender's responsibility. It is your responsibility to ensure virus checks are completed before installing any data sent in this email to your computer."
