Alfred wrote:
>
> Hy to everybody, thank you in advance for any help.
>
> my hardware, lines out of dmesg:
> hdd: Seagate STT8000A, ATAPI TAPE drive
> ide-Tape: hdd<->ht0, 600kBps, 14x26kB buffer, 2600kB pipeline, 310ms
> tDSC, DMA
> my environment variable: TAPE=/dev/ht0
>
> executing the following statements:
> # init s
> # cd /
> # tar -cv ./*
>
> is showing a very long list (aprox 30 Minutes for 1GB) but it ends with
> the message:
> tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors
> But this was the first and only message.
>
> My questions:
> 1 what is the correct reaction to avoid this error message?
This is reporting that an error occurred eariler in the tar operation.
You will need to find where the error occurred to determine what steps
should be taken to solve the problem. I would recommd that you run your
tar command as:
tar -cv ./* >/var/log/backup_report.$$
And then check that resulting file ($$ = process ID #) for errors.
> 2 is there a better/other way to backup the whole drive?
Of course - use BRU :-). Actually, the way you are doing it works, just
make sure that you create appropriate YARD/SAR/BootKit disks that will
allow you to recover in the event of a system crash.
> 3 how can i check, if there are all files backed up?
Again, review the log file that we create using my tar command above.
> 4 how can i get the manpages to the command tar (i have no from SuSE
> 6.1)
Actually, I am very surprised that the man page for tar is missing from
ALL of the SuSE doc packages. I've sent a note off to the SuSE team and
asked that a package be created and made available. We'll see what
happens.
You can search the various Linux ftp sites, or the GNU sites, for the
GNUtar package. The man page file will be in the package.
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