Dan, Thanks, that did the trick. # dump date = Thu Mar 2 09:52:02 2023 dump date = the epoch dumping /dev/rrp3 to /dev/rmt1 I II estimated 24870 tape blocks on 0 tape(s) III IV level 9 dump on Thu Mar 2 09:52:02 2023 DONE 25228 tape blocks on 1 tape(s) And, I will change dump.c and dumpdir.c to use tm0. Ken On Thu, Mar 2, 2023 at 9:40 AM Dan Cross wrote: > On Thu, Mar 2, 2023 at 9:28 AM KenUnix wrote: > > I am trying to use the 'dump' program but it references rmt1. > > > > My system only has rmt0. I have been unable to find how to > > create this device. I have looked over the reference material > > but it only references rmt0. > > > > Is there any way to redirect a dump to use rmt0? > > > > Any help is appreciated. > > I'd start with the man page. > > Dump(1M) says that argument `f` causes `dump` to, "Place the dump on > the next argument file instead of the tape". Did you try using that > option with `/dev/rmt0`? > > Alternatively, I don't see why you couldn't hard-link /dev/rmt1 to > /dev/rmt0: > > # cd /dev > # ln rmt1 rmt0 > > Or use `mknod` to create a device file with the same major/minor numbers: > > # cd /dev > # /etc/mknod rmt1 c 12 0 > > Or even, as a very last resort, edit the source and change the default > dump device. It's in /usr/src/cmd/dump.c > > Hope that helps! > > - Dan C. > -- End of line JOB TERMINATED