Being a complete newby at flexbackup, I need some help. The system is Linux 2.4.25 with flexbackup 1.2.1a trying to backup to an HP T4000s SCSI tape drive.
I am getting: cat: write error: Input/output error afio: "-" [offset 200k+0]: Fatal error: afio: "-": Broken pipe I tried changing afio to dump and get: cat: write error: Input/output error DUMP: Broken pipe DUMP: The ENTIRE dump is aborted. ERROR from backup, exiting offending command(s): dump -0 -a -f - /home | gzip -4 | cat > "/dev/nst0" In trying to troubleshoot this, the first thing I noticed was that the tapedrive doesn't seem to want to change blocksize: # mt -f /dev/nst0 status SCSI 2 tape drive: File number=0, block number=0, partition=0. Tape block size 512 bytes. Density code 0x45 (QIC-3095-MC (TR- 4)). Soft error count since last status=0 General status bits on (41010000): BOT ONLINE IM_REP_EN # mt -f /dev/nst0 defblksize 32768 # mt -f /dev/nst0 status SCSI 2 tape drive: File number=0, block number=0, partition=0. Tape block size 512 bytes. Density code 0x45 (QIC-3095-MC (TR- 4)). Soft error count since last status=0 General status bits on (41010000): BOT ONLINE IM_REP_EN I then tried: #find /home -print | afio -o -z -v -b 32k - | dd ibs=32k obs=32k of=/dev/nst0 and get: dd: writing to `/dev/nst0': Input/output error 6+0 records in 5+0 records out afio: "-" [offset 224k+0]: Fatal error: afio: "-": Broken pipe Any help will be greatly appreciated. --Richard ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the new InstallShield X. >From Windows to Linux, servers to mobile, InstallShield X is the one installation-authoring solution that does it all. Learn more and evaluate today! http://www.installshield.com/Dev2Dev/0504 _______________________________________________ flexbackup-help mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flexbackup-help
