Are Dump Files Transportable?

David J. Camp david at wubios.wustl.edu
Sat Jun 3 03:52:31 AEST 1989


Hello.  I am using a Sun 3/260 running SunOS 4.01.  I want to know
something about the dump command.  If I were to copy the dump file off
of a tape (with dd for instance), could I then restore from that file
using restore?  Is there any problem with transferring that file to a
foreign system for long term storage on incompatible tapes?  Is there
any special trick to restoring multiple tape dumps, e.g. is 'cat' good
enough to recombine them into a restoreable file?

Thank you for your interest, and please reply directly to me.  -David-
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