> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of David Bear > Sent: Wednesday, February 02, 2005 5:22 PM > To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > Subject: Re: gtar failing, please help! > > > for me, my experience down scsi tape units and freebsd has been a road > into the black abyss. I've finally got the tape dumps to work -- but > it took many hours of trial and error. > > btw, I wonder how many tape unit users get burned by the fact that > they don't test their tapes -- and when they need the tape find that > it was bad.. >
Probably lots - I always use the compare switch in my tar backup scripts to avoid that. Have you ever had the un-pleasure of working with Sun's tar, though? no compare switch, and the kernel only reports tape block errors to the console. (assuming your lucky enough to have a tapedrive that reports errors back to the kernel that the kernel understands) Ted _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
