Hi, Has anyone seen or hear of this problem.
--8<--snip*--- /-- geko60.ehb /usr lev 0 FAILED [/sbin/dump returned 3] sendbackup: start [geko60.ehbas.com:/usr level 0] sendbackup: info BACKUP=/sbin/dump sendbackup: info RECOVER_CMD=/bin/gzip -dc |/sbin/restore -f... - sendbackup: info COMPRESS_SUFFIX=.gz sendbackup: info end | DUMP: Date of this level 0 dump: Fri Dec 14 04:10:47 2001 | DUMP: Dumping /dev/sda5 (/usr) to standard output | DUMP: Label: /usr | DUMP: mapping (Pass I) [regular files] | DUMP: mapping (Pass II) [directories] | DUMP: estimated 1521017 tape blocks. | DUMP: Volume 1 started with block 1 at: Fri Dec 14 04:11:00 2001 | DUMP: dumping (Pass III) [directories] | DUMP: dumping (Pass IV) [regular files] ? DUMP: bread: lseek fails ? DUMP: short read error from /dev/sda5: [block -680431872]: count=4096, got=0 ? DUMP: bread: lseek2 fails! ? DUMP: short read error from /dev/sda5: [sector -680431872]: count=512, got=0 ? DUMP: bread: lseek2 fails! ? DUMP: short read error from /dev/sda5: [sector -680431871]: count=512, got=0 ? DUMP: bread: lseek2 fails! ? DUMP: short read error from /dev/sda5: [sector -680431870]: count=512, got=0 ? DUMP: bread: lseek2 fails! ? DUMP: short read error from /dev/sda5: [sector -680431869]: count=512, got=0 ? DUMP: bread: lseek2 fails! more of the same....then... ? DUMP: short read error from /dev/sda5: [block -580422152]: count=4096, got=0 ? DUMP: More than 32 block read errors from 135093768 ? DUMP: This is an unrecoverable error. ? DUMP: bread: lseek fails ? DUMP: bread: lseek fails ? DUMP: bread: lseek fails ? DUMP: bread: lseek fails ? DUMP: bread: lseek fails ? DUMP: bread: lseek fails ? DUMP: fopen on /dev/tty fails: No such device or address | DUMP: The ENTIRE dump is aborted. sendbackup: error [/sbin/dump returned 3] I've run e2fsck -c /dev/sda5 to no avail. I also upgraded the dump utility that came with the standard Red Hat 7.1 install to dump-04b21 to dump-04b22. Any ideas what can cause this and how I might fix it? Regards, Tom Robinson This e-mail may contain confidential information and/or copyright material and is intended for the use of the addressee only. Disclosure, distribution or copying of this message is strictly prohibited by law. If you have received this communication in error, please notify the sender immediately by telephone on (01273) 234665 and delete the e-mail. The contents of this message may contain personal views that are not the opinions of EHBAS Ltd, unless specifically stated.
