>>Try >> >>dd if=/dev/sda of=/dev/nst0 bs=1M count=1000
Tried it. >d if=/dev/sda of=/dev/nst0 bs=1M count=1000 dd: writing `/dev/nst0': Invalid argument 1+0 records in 0+0 records out 0 bytes (0 B) copied, 10.048 s, 0.0 kB/s Not sure why /dev/nst0 was invalid. After I ran this I checked out dmesg and syslog: >tail /var/log/syslog Oct 31 13:58:31 backup kernel: st0: Sense Key : Aborted Command [current] Oct 31 13:58:31 backup kernel: st0: Add. Sense: Initiator response timeout Oct 31 13:58:31 backup kernel: st0: Can't set default compression. >dmesg | tail st0: Sense Key : Aborted Command [current] st0: Add. Sense: Initiator response timeout st0: Can't set default compression. Thanks for looking. >>BTW, bacula does not use tar. Oh. I was just following Bacula's help. From the docs: http://www.bacula.org/en/rel-manual/Testing_Your_Tape_Drive.html#TapeTestingChapter "Use tar to write to, then read from your drive: mt -f /dev/nst0 rewind tar cvf /dev/nst0 . mt -f /dev/nst0 rewind" I figured since I couldn't get this far it would be prudent to seek help first. Thanks for your reply. :) Michael ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
