John R. Jackson wrote: > > >> /sbin/dump 0sf 1048576 - /dev/sda5 | /bin/gzip -dc | cat > /dev/null > > > >That command fails with > > > >gzip: stdin: not in gzip format > > Sorry. You're right that the 'd' should not have been there. > > >... At least I can run backups with compression once again. > > So, where are you at? Do you still have a problem or not?
Yeah, still have a problem. The tar backups fail if I turn on compression too. So I'm adding an extra hour to my backups and using an extra 10Gb on the tape because I can't compress these 2 partitions. > If you do, I think the next thing I'd try (and it's icky) is put > the appended script (after you test it -- I did some but not enough) > someplace. Then rebuild, but set the GZIP environment variable before > running ./configure so Amanda uses the script: > > make distclean > GZIP=/path/to/the/test/script ./configure ... > # Make sure ./configure found the "right" gzip > make > su -c "make install" Am I doing this on the troublesome client or on the tape host? -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] - HMC UNIX Systems Manager My opinions are my own and probably don't represent anything anyway.
