Date: Thu, 4 Jan 1996 14:22:46 +1030 (CST) From: Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au> To: wjh@bhoss.ifx.net Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: help BACKUPS with TAR ? Message-ID: <199601040352.OAA09921@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> In-Reply-To: <XFMail.960103082157.wjh@bhoss.ifx.net> from "Bill Henderson" at Jan 3, 96 08:21:57 am
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You know, if you only posted this message to one place instead of many, you'd probably have had a much better response. Bill Henderson stands accused of saying: > > I have a scsi qic 3080 2gig tape backup unit, and while trying > to backup using tar cv / it runs for quite awhile but always seeems > to hang up the whole machine where a reboot is nessasary. > > I also tried the same backup to a hard disk with the same results, > the disk is only 1.8 gig and only 46% being used, has anyone got an Idea > to what is going on here or how to fix it ? No, I doubt anyone has. You will need to supply a lot more in the way of details before anyone will be able to help you. (Stop and think for a moment; are we mind-readers? do we have hidden wires to your machine that let us see what it's doing?) You need to offer at least the following details : o The probe messages (from the system logs) for the tape drive and SCSI controller. o Some idea of whether there are any error messages generated when the backup fails. o General details as to the configuration of the rest of your system. o Which version of FreeBSD you're running. As a rule, more details are better than less. -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control (ph/fax) +61-8-267-3039 [[ ]] "Who does BSD?" "We do Chucky, we do." [[
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