core dump with dump command in single user mode

[Joe Auty]

On Feb 14, 2006, at 9:08 AM, Lowell Gilbert wrote:

> Joe Auty <joe at netmusician.org> writes:
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> Following the instructions here: http://www.unixcities.com/howto/
>> index.html  I did a:
>>
> Those directions are a little outdated, but the problem is really just
> that you didn't follow the directions closely enough:
>
>> dump -0f - /usr | restore -rf - /backup/usr
>
> should have been more like
>
> dump -0f - /usr | (cd /backup/usr;restore -xf - )


Okay, I'm still getting:


no space left in string table
abort?

If I say "n", it just core dumps....


Any other suggestions? Would using "dd" be a valid workaround to  
cloning my disk? My disk is over a 100 gigabytes, could this be what  
is causing dump to crap out?







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