On Wed, 28 Sep 2005, Ralph Eagle wrote:
> shinzon:~# find /usr/kbmosas/std | buffer | tar zcvf /dev/st0 -T - > Backed up 110 files, 1.2MB without any errors from tar ... > shinzon:~# tar tzvf /dev/st0 > drwxrws--- root/users 0 2005-08-25 10:10:35 usr/kbmosas/std/ > -rw-rw---- root/users 7516 2005-08-25 10:31:52 usr/kbmosas/std/_amort > tar: Skipping to next header > tar: Archive contains obsolescent base-64 headers > > gzip: stdin: invalid compressed data--format violated > tar: Child died with signal 13 > tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors sounds like youhave: - bad motherboard/memory - bad tape drive cables - do NOT put a tape drives on the same (ide) cables as disks - do NOT put disk ond cdrom/dvd on the same (ide) cables - which scsi card .. - i'd always be using the latest kernel to 2.4.31 or 2.6.13 for the latest drivers at the first sign of something broken and going down to latest gcc/glibc/bash if needed > Tested writing/reading tar ball to hd with no problem good ansity check > And there is the fact that if I put this > scsi card and either tape drive in another box (tried two other 1- SCO Unix > on a 486DX266 and 2- Debian Linux on a PII in testing), they work fine. good .. hw might be okay with the distro you ran the test with > This all leads me to think that the problem is the environment (mobo). Maybe > this particular combination of mobo/scsi? yup or memory that wasn't used in the previous tests c ya alvin -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]