-- I've configured my Linux box to backup my Irix box using tar, as recommended on this list. It works great for everything but the root paritition. I've tried dumptype comp-root-tar and root-tar, and it continues to fail. I tried creating an exclude.gtar file, and that doesn't seem to be helping any.
Here's the contents of the exclude.gtar file. Does the hostname of the Irix box need to be in there? ./dev/fd ./tmp ./var/spool Here's the log from the failed backup: FAILED AND STRANGE DUMP DETAILS: /-- olympus /dev/root lev 1 FAILED [/usr/local/bin/tar returned 2] sendbackup: start [olympus:/dev/root level 1] sendbackup: info BACKUP=/usr/local/bin/tar sendbackup: info RECOVER_CMD=/usr/local/bin/tar -f... - sendbackup: info end ? gtar: ./dev/fd: Cannot savedir: Function not implemented ? gtar: ./dev/fd: Warning: Cannot savedir: Function not implemented | gtar: ./tmp/.eventmond.cmd.sock: socket ignored | gtar: ./tmp/.eventmond.events.sock: socket ignored | gtar: ./tmp/.eventmond.info.sock: socket ignored | gtar: ./tmp/.mediad_socket: socket ignored | gtar: ./tmp/.mkpd_socket: socket ignored | gtar: ./tmp/.rtmond_socket: socket ignored | gtar: ./tmp/espdb.sock: socket ignored ? gtar: ./var/spool/PBS/mom_priv/jobs/90.olympus..JB: Warning: Cannot stat: No such file or directory ? gtar: ./var/spool/PBS/mom_priv/jobs/90.olympus..SC: Warning: Cannot stat: No such file or directory ? gtar: ./var/spool/PBS/mom_priv/jobs/90.olympus..TK/0000000001: Warning: Cannot stat: No such file or directory ? gtar: ./var/spool/PBS/server_priv/jobs/90.olympus..JB: Warning: Cannot stat: No such file or directory ? gtar: ./var/spool/PBS/server_priv/jobs/90.olympus..SC: Warning: Cannot stat: No such file or directory ? gtar: ./var/spool/PBS/spool/90.olympus..OU: Warning: Cannot stat: No such file or directory | gtar: ./var/spool/lp/CMDSOCK: socket ignored | gtar: ./var/spool/postfix/private/bounce: socket ignored | gtar: ./var/spool/postfix/private/bsmtp: socket ignored | gtar: ./var/spool/postfix/private/cyrus: socket ignored | gtar: ./var/spool/postfix/private/defer: socket ignored | gtar: ./var/spool/postfix/private/error: socket ignored | gtar: ./var/spool/postfix/private/ifmail: socket ignored | gtar: ./var/spool/postfix/private/lmtp: socket ignored | gtar: ./var/spool/postfix/private/local: socket ignored | gtar: ./var/spool/postfix/private/rewrite: socket ignored | gtar: ./var/spool/postfix/private/smtp: socket ignored | gtar: ./var/spool/postfix/private/uucp: socket ignored | gtar: ./var/spool/postfix/private/virtual: socket ignored | gtar: ./var/spool/postfix/public/cleanup: socket ignored | gtar: ./var/spool/postfix/public/flush: socket ignored | gtar: ./var/spool/postfix/public/showq: socket ignored | Total bytes written: 3114987520 (2.9GB, 752kB/s) ? gtar: Error exit delayed from previous errors sendbackup: error [/usr/local/bin/tar returned 2] \-------- .-------------------------------------------------------. |Jennifer Sturm | |System Administrator and Research Support Specialist | |Chemistry Department | |Hamilton College | | | |[EMAIL PROTECTED] | |315-859-4745 | |www.chem.hamilton.edu | .-------------------------------------------------------. |"Duct tape is like the force. It has a light side, | | and a dark side, and it holds the universe together." | | -Carl Zwanzig | | | | | |"One only needs two tools in life: WD-40 to make things| | go, and duct tape to make them stop. " | | -G. Weilacher | .-------------------------------------------------------.
