Just wanted to thank Marty Richards, Tuxta, Penedo, Sonia Hamilton and Michael Fox for assisting me on this one a short while ago.
It turns out that using cifs rather than smbfs resolves this. I have to say I'm surprised at this, as it is Samba 3 and also that cifs does seem to be somewhat unstable at times. Regards, Raphael Kraus Software Developer [EMAIL PROTECTED] 02 8306 0007 Direct Line 02 8306 0077 Sales | 02 8306 0099 Fax 02 8306 0088 Support 02 8306 0055 Administration 1300 13 WILD (9453) National | 1300 88 WILD (9453) Fax -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Raphael Kraus Sent: Wednesday, 29 November 2006 12:00 PM To: SLUG List Subject: [SLUG] Problems backing up a server to SMBFS G'day all, Distro/kernel: Debian GNU/Linux 2.6.8-3-k7-smp I'm writing backups to a directory mounted using smb, with tar - tar clpsvzf myfilename.tar.gz --atime-preserve --same-owner / It seems to be stopping after 2GB, and it isn't apparent as to what is causing the problem. Any suggestions as to either diagnosing this or to as what may be the problem? TIA! Regards, Raphael Kraus Software Developer [EMAIL PROTECTED] 02 8306 0007 Direct Line 02 8306 0077 Sales | 02 8306 0099 Fax 02 8306 0088 Support 02 8306 0055 Administration 1300 13 WILD (9453) National | 1300 88 WILD (9453) Fax Wild Internet & Telecom Pty Ltd, ABN 98 091 470 692 Correspondence - 201/6 Lachlan Street, Waterloo NSW 2017 Telephone 1300-13-9453 | Facsimile 1300-88-9453 http://www.wildit.net.au DISCLAIMER & CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: The information contained in this email message and any attachments may be confidential information and may also be the subject of client legal - legal professional privilege. If you are not the intended recipient, any use, interference with, disclosure or copying of this material is unauthorised and prohibited. This email and any attachments are also subject to copyright. No part of them may be reproduced, adapted or transmitted without the written permission of the copyright owner. If you have received this email in error, please immediately advise the sender by return email and delete the message from your system. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
