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From: martini@heaven7.snafu.de (Martin Ibert)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: dump on a DAT tape ..
Date: 21 May 1996 20:48:43 +0200
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In article <Dro82E.AJn@nemeton.com.au> giles@nemeton.com.au (Giles Lean) writes:

: I've never been successful reloading dump tapes on foreign systems.
: Not to say it can't be done, but the combinations I've tried have
: certainly failed.

Amiga UNIX (SVR4) ufsdump and NetBSD(Amiga) 1.1 restore work together
(I've used this). Granted, it was physically the same system, but that
should not be the deciding factor.

: Dump is usually considered "non portable".

That much is granted, though.
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