Stian writes:
When I replied to the thread four months later, I got no reply, so I try
resending it in case Craig don't check so old threads...
Yes, your reblocking patch is already on my todo list.
Craig
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This SF.net
When I replied to the thread four months later, I got no reply, so I try
resending it in case Craig don't check so old threads...
-Stian
Original Message
Subject: Re: [BackupPC-users] Trouble with tape archiving
Date: Fri, 26 Oct 2007 14:22:18 +0200
From: Stian Jordet [EMAIL
Craig Barratt wrote:
Stian writes:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ /usr/share/backuppc/bin/BackupPC_tarCreate -h pontiac
-n -1 -s \* . | /bin/gzip /dev/nst0
which is what backuppc tries to do when archiving to tape. And this does
not work.
As Dan and Ali mention, you can use buffer or dd
Stian writes:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ /usr/share/backuppc/bin/BackupPC_tarCreate -h pontiac
-n -1 -s \* . | /bin/gzip /dev/nst0
which is what backuppc tries to do when archiving to tape. And this does
not work.
As Dan and Ali mention, you can use buffer or dd to reblock
the stream.
You can
Hi,
in a same idea you can use (many) dd to create a buffer
BackupPC_tarCreate -h pontiac -n -1 -s \* . | gzip -c | dd obs=512k | dd
obs=512k of=/dev/nst0
Need to be tested as well.
Dan Smisko wrote:
I would try the buffer util. It will reblock and buffer the
input data. The default
Ali Bendriss wrote:
Hello,
You should use tar with some compression option to send the data to the tape
rather than gzip :
Blabla | tar (some good option)
some good option could be :
-L, --tape-length N
change tapes after writing N*1024 bytes
-z, --gzip, --ungzip
Stian Jordet wrote:
First, I can't get it to work at all:
cat /etc/apt/sources.list|tar -cf test.tar
tar: Cowardly refusing to create an empty archive
Try `tar --help' or `tar --usage' for more information.
If you check 'tar --help' you'll see this is not correct usage of
tar. Don't use
Nils Breunese (Lemonbit) wrote:
Stian Jordet wrote:
First, I can't get it to work at all:
cat /etc/apt/sources.list|tar -cf test.tar
tar: Cowardly refusing to create an empty archive
Try `tar --help' or `tar --usage' for more information.
If you check 'tar --help' you'll see this is not
Hi!
I have archived a couple of my hosts to tape for a good while now. It
works great! But now the data has grown bigger than my AIT-tape, so I
need to use compression. I tried to use that when I set it up for a long
time ago, but I never could get it to work. Now I try again.
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