I just posted a message to the redhat group but failed to include the
actual error message:
tar: Cannot open /dev/rst0: Operation not supported by devide
tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now
This goes to explain more the message below:
This morning, as is my usual drill, I ran a script to backup many of my
directories to tape. It's tar cvf /dev/rst0 /home. Works great every time.
This morning, however, I ran this command and nothing happened, the tape
drive didn't do anything to indicate it had received the command and
I got tar error messages to the effect that /dev/rst0 did not understand the
command and then tar exited. I tried it several times and then finally
powered off. Upon powering up again, it worked like a charm again, as if
nothing had ever gone wrong. I am backing up right now.
Does anyone have any idea as to what might have happened and what I might
need to watch out for?
Any help appreciated.
Gary
Charlotte NC
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