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?
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