Re: Problem backing up

[Olivier Nicole]

>Could it be because of MySQL (b)locking read-access to the tar process?
>since MySQL operates under the /home directory? I sure am going to try.. (I
>installed it in about the same period..)

I do back-up MySQL database without problem. If the database is
updated during the back-up, it will issue a strange warning, and tar
will report that the file has changed size during the copy.

But it does not lock it.

Can you back-up other filse systems from that same machine?


Olivier