Greetings The file vmlinuz-2.4.2 in the boot directory does not seem to be backed up correctly.
If I use dump on the partition and then restore I get 'end-of-input encounted while extracting ./vmlinuz-2.4.2-2' If I use tar to do the backups then I get: 'unexpected end of file' during restore. In both cases, compairing the size of the file to the original shows the file to be incomplete (by about 10% or less). If I setup lilo and reboot I get "linux ran out of input data, boot halted" I encounted the problem (tar option) on two different clients on two seperate tapes. I then changed to dump to see if it would solve the problem but showed the same thing (only tested it on one of the servers). Both servers are RH7.1 with kernel 2.4.2-2. Amanda is amanda-2.4.2p2. I have used tar on other computers that do not have boot in there own partition :-( and they do not have this problem, some are also kernel 2.4.2-2 (RH7.1). There is no 'Strange' reported for this partition during backup and no sign of problems in the debug files. After replacing the file with a copy of the original everything is fine (I usually have to do some lilo stuff and it boots). All other backups are made with tar and restore work fine. Both server work after a full restore on all partitions, if this file is manually coplied across. I could always keep this file on a cd/stiffy, but ideally I would like amanda to back it up. Any ideas on how to solve this? Regards Warrren
