Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2006 16:24:32 -0700 From: Micah <micahjon@ywave.com> To: Jaime <jaime@snowmoon.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: tar dies on making tape backup Message-ID: <44C556B0.8090501@ywave.com> In-Reply-To: <3ABD124B-04D2-4861-84A1-6EC27F1466D2@snowmoon.com> References: <3ABD124B-04D2-4861-84A1-6EC27F1466D2@snowmoon.com>
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Jaime wrote: > I'm attempting to use tar to feed my filesystem(s) to a DLT tape > drive. I've done this with FreeBSD 3 through 5 and DAT (DDS-3 and > DDS-4) tapes for years. The command now appears to work for a while and > then dies with this message about 2.5 hours into the process: > > archive_write_pax_header: 'x' header failed?! This can't happen. > > Any idea what this means? > > I'm using: > $ uname -a > FreeBSD atlas.cairodurham.org 6.1-STABLE FreeBSD 6.1-STABLE #0: Wed Jun > 28 11:27:09 EDT 2006 > root@atlas.cairodurham.org:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/SMP i386 > > This is my first FreeBSD 6.x system, my first SMP kernel, and my > first DLT drive on a FreeBSD system. Using Google, I couldn't find any > answers that were useful. (Just a few dead threads from various forums > and mailing lists.) > > Thanks in advance, > Jaime I had the same problem recently and Google told me to look for files with malformed dates. I used "find" to search for files dated before Jan 1, 1970, and found one dated 1901. As soon as I "touch"ed the problematic file, tar worked. HTH, Micah
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