core dump with dump command in single user mode

[Joe Auty]

On Feb 14, 2006, at 5:46 PM, Lowell Gilbert wrote:

> Joe Auty <joe at netmusician.org> writes:
>
>> 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 Those directions are a little outdated, but the problem is really  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....
>
> Funny, I can't find that message in the source for dump at all.
> The message, in -STABLE, is "Do you want to abort dump?".
>
> I also can't seem to find the string table error message, but I may
> just have failed to search the right library so far.
>
> Are you running something before 5.2?
>

I'm running 5.4. Perhaps restore is generating this particular error  
message? I don't know.


>> Any other suggestions?
>
> Plenty.  If there are no special files (fifos, etc.) on the disk, any
> archiver will do it.  e.g., tar(1)
>
>>                        Would using "dd" be a valid workaround to
>> cloning my disk?
>
> Sure.  If you really want a *clone* of the disk, it's a good option.
> If having the same data files in the same filestructure would do, then
> copying other attributes is overkill.

I may have to go this route, see if I can put together the disk space  
to manage this. Is there a way to get tar to just extract directly to  
a destination directory so I don't have to contend with a single  
large tarball I need to create disk space for?
>
>>                  My disk is over a 100 gigabytes, could this be what
>> is causing dump to crap out?
>
> Could be.  Check your memory statistics while you're doing it, and see
> if you run out of VM.

What is a good strategy for dealing with this possibility, should I  
go down that path?









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