On Wed, 2002-10-02 at 01:12, nate wrote: > testuser said: > > Evening all, > > I've been getting this error whenever I run a backup using bru, tar or > > dump. This happens regardless of destination media. I've tested backing > > up to hard disk, remote DAT DDS-3 tape drive and the local internal > > Seagate STD224000N DAT DDS-3 tape drive and all give the same error. > > > Has anyone resolved this issue before? I've checked Google and results > > are basically useless. Any help is greatly appreciated right about now! > > Thanks. > > > doing a quick search of google myself leads me to ask this question: > > are you attemping to backup /proc onto your tape?
This bit me when I tried to tar up my disk. Trying to back up /proc/kore just doesn't work!!!! Note how I exclude certain directories from my backups: #!/bin/sh x=`date +%y%m%d.%H%M` y=`uname -n` dest=/var/backups/data cd / tar cvpsfj ${dest}/bkup_${y}_${x}-root.tar.bz2 \ --recursion --exclude=cdrom \ --exclude=cdrom0 \ --exclude=cdrom1 \ --exclude=dev \ --exclude=dvd \ --exclude=home/me/.mozilla/default/igov8kj8.slt/Cache \ --exclude=home/me/.pyne \ --exclude=home/me/OpenOffice.org1.0 \ --exclude=home/me/download \ --exclude=home/me/News \ --exclude=mnt \ --exclude=proc \ --exclude=root/images \ --exclude=tmp \ --exclude=var/backups/data \ --exclude=var/cache/apt/archives \ --exclude=var/cache/aptcached/archives \ --exclude=var/download \ --exclude=var/mdk.tars \ --exclude=usr/local/data \ --exclude=.journal \ / -- +------------------------------------------------------------+ | Ron Johnson, Jr. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] | | Jefferson, LA USA http://members.cox.net/ron.l.johnson | | | | "What other evidence do you have that they are terrorists, | | other than that they trained in these camps?" | | 17-Sep-2002 Katie Couric to an FBI agent regarding the 5 | | men arrested near Buffalo NY | +------------------------------------------------------------+ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]