Jon LaBadie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> On Sun, Mar 05, 2006 at 01:11:35PM +0000, Tony van der Hoff wrote: > > Jon LaBadie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message > > > > > > I did a dump to the holding disk, without a tape mounted, to get the > > > > image. I then stripped of the first 32k bytes to lose the tape > > > > header, and tried to untar the rest. That gave a corrupt file error > > > > in the failing image, but a valid output on non-failing images. I > > > > conclude that it is the dump that's going wrong before it gets to > > > > the taper. > > > > > > Seems reasonable. Did you also use the "z" option (if appropriate) > > > when untar'ing? What did the file cmd say about the archive file > > > after stripping? > > > > > The archive wasn't compressed. Don't understand what you mean by the > > file cmd, sorry. > > A command named "file". > Posix tar archive. Anyway, just to close this for the archives, if nothing else, I was forced to abandon my research on this matter due to other priorities. However, by specifying all DLEs with compression, I get a clean dump, with a good amverify. You'll recall that the failing archive was uncompressed. This'll do for me, until I get some more time to investigate. I remain convinced that there is a bug (maybe amanda; possibly in GNU/tar) causing this problem. My guess is that not many people use uncompressed GNU/tar archives... Thanks again, everyone on the list, for your help. -- Tony van der Hoff | mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Buckinghamshire, England
