Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 10 Jan 1999 14:11:40 -0800 (PST) | From | "Mr. James W. Laferriere" <> | Subject | Re: tar error writing to tape drive |
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Hello Jim, Try this as the area's to be backed up
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This passes over the /proc directory , for some reason trying to tar ball that up causes all sorts of havoc . Hth
On Sat, 9 Jan 1999, Jim Arnold wrote: > I just unpacked a new Sony SDT-S9000 and > attached it to my Linux box. I set the #4 dip switch to > on (this seemed the best option according to the > instructions), added the terminator and started up the machine. > > The Mylex SCSI card and Redhat 5.1 recognized the tape > drive and I was off to the races... > > Next I popped in a tape (a 120m dds-2) and did a simple > tar cvf /dev/st0 / (as root) > so I would at least get the entire machine backed up > until I could figure out a reliable system. > > The sytem has a 4.5 gig scsi drive with not much on it yet > except the standard install of RH 5.1. > > I tried this twice and got the following error > ... > bru/tunebru > bru/unmountcmd.sh > kill > tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors > > It then dumps back into the shell. This happens after it's > already written a lot of files to the tape drive. > > The next day I tried the same thing except I ran > tar cvf /dev/st0 /etc /home /usr /var /www > > This ran both time without a hitch. I have tried to backup the > whole drive again yet. I know it may be a mute point since I > don't need to backup everything since I was able to back up > the important files and can restore the rest from the original CD, > but I'd still like to know what might have happened. > > Any help or insights would be appreciated. > > Thanks, > Jim > > > > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.rutgers.edu > Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ >
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