hi,
the root partition will be on fsf 0
and the /etc partition will be on fsf 1 NOT on fsf 2
fsf 2 will no doubt give an i/o error as there is no volume on the
tape.
cheers,
chetan
On Tue, 8 Dec 1998, tim hibbard wrote:
> I have RedHat 5.1, and a HP scsi SureStore 6000. I want to be able to do
> multiple backups on one tape. Here is what I have tried to date, and if
> someonecould point out my errors
>
> mt -f /dev/st0 rewind #Rewind the tape to beg
> bru -cvf /dev/st0 /root #Backup Root Partion
> mt -f /dev/st0 fsf 1 #This should position me at the next marker?
> bru -cvf /dev/st0 /etc #back up /etc
>
> I did this on multiple sub dirs, just as a test. But when I try to
> reposition the tab, mt -f /dev/st0 fsf 2, I get an input / output error
>
>
> Any suggestions would be appreciated
>
> Tim Hibbard
>
> Microsoft is not the answer. Microsoft is the question. The answer is no.
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