Backup with dump fails
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Symptom:
You want to perform a backup of your system with the command dump.
You receive something like the following error message:
/dev/sda6: ext2 inode is not a directory while mapping files in /dev/hda2
Cause:
The filesystem you want to save is not entered in /etc/fstab
Solution:
Enter the filesystem you want to save in the file /etc/fstab. You should also read the
man pages for dump with the command
man 8 dump
Keywords: BACKUP, DUMP, FSTAB
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- Version: 19. Jul 1999
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