Messages in this thread | ![/](/images/icornerl.gif) | | Date | Tue, 19 Mar 1996 11:14:32 -0500 (EST) | From | DUPRE Christophe <> | Subject | Re: Problem, SCSI tape backup |
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On Tue, 19 Mar 1996, Kai Makisara wrote:
> On Mon, 18 Mar 1996, DUPRE Christophe wrote: > ... > > When backuping, I use 'tar'. If the backup fits on one tape, I have no > > problem to backup/restore. But if the backup takes more than one tape > > (for example, the 1-gig disk...), tar just does with a segfault when > > doing a restore/list. > > > If tar does a segfault, then you should look for the problem in tar. It > can't handle properly what comes from the tape. BUT, the default options > of the tape driver may not work with all tape drives with multi-tape > backups. You could try to disable write-behind and buffered writes so that > detection of end-of-tape is not delayed too late. You can do this either > by editing the file st_options.h (and making a new kernel) or by using > mt. See the file README.st and the mt man page for details.
I forgot to tell : with 1.3.71, I tried disabling write behind, all kind of buffering etc in st_options.h ... Now backuping is VERY slow, but the segfault still happens...
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