On May 18, 2001, Sven Kirmess <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> *** A TAPE ERROR OCCURRED: [[writing file: Bad file descriptor]].
> Some dumps may have been left in the holding disk.

> /-- localhost  /dev/md190 lev 1 FAILED ["data write: Broken pipe"]

> What does that mean? Is my tape broken?

It probably means you ran out of tape space during a direct-to-tape
backup.

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