[KLUG Members] backing up

[Bruce Smith]

> > What kernel version are you running?  I noticed some strange behavior with
> > tar and some of the later kernels that I haven't had time to investigate.
> [root@srv1 bin]# uname -a
> Linux srv1 2.2.19-7.0.1 #1 Tue Apr 10 01:56:16 EDT 2001 i686 unknown

Never mind, I was thinking of the later 2.4 kernels.

> > Did it ever work?  Did it suddenly stop working?  If so, what changed?
> > (new kernel, ....?)
> 
> I tried about a month ago to test the tape drive.  I did succeed at a basic
> backup and restore, but it did hang at the end of the restore then and I did not
> think much about it.  Now it is still doing it and when I backup just a few kb
> and then restore it, nothing but hang time.

Does the tape appear to be moving during the hang, or is it stopped too?

> > Otherwise you may need to "strace" tar to figure this out.
> 
> See attached. I don't know what to make of it other than it is stopping on a
> read, of what I can't tell.

I don't see anything obvious either.

I did notice you were using the non-rewind device:  /dev/nst0 
Did you rewind the tape before the restore?  "mt -f /dev/st0 rewind"

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Bruce Smith                bruce@armintl.com
System Administrator / Network Administrator
Armstrong International, Inc.
Three Rivers, Michigan  49093  USA
http://www.armstrong-intl.com/
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