On Sunday 03 December 2006 23:53, Patrick Ben Koetter wrote: > Kern, > > thanks for taking the time to help me. > > * Kern Sibbald <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > I am totally new to backups, backup hardware and bacula in special, but I > > > am not a newbie with computers in general. > > > > > > Following the tutorial > > > <http://www.bacula.org/dev-manual/Volume_Utility_Tools.html#btape> the > > > program btape hangs on the following error: > > > > > > "btape: btape.c:2576 is an illegal command" > > > > > > Unexperienced as I am at this I don't have the slightest clue where I should > > > start tackling this problem. > > > > You need to enter a valid command. Most likely you entered a blank command, > > which is not valid. > > I am not aware of having entered a blank command. Here's what I did: > > # btape -c /etc/bacula/bacula-sd.conf /dev/nst0 > Tape block granularity is 1024 bytes. > btape: butil.c:272 Using device: "/dev/nst0" for writing. > btape: btape.c:338 open device "SDX-400C" (/dev/nst0): OK > *test > > === Write, rewind, and re-read test === > ... > === Test Succeeded. End Write, rewind, and re-read test === > > > === Write, rewind, and position test === > ... > === Test Succeeded. End Write, rewind, and re-read test === > > > === Append files test === > ... > CORRECT OUTPUT > > > === Write, backup, and re-read test === > ... > Block re-read correct. Test succeeded! > === End Write, backup, and re-read test === > > > === Forward space files test === > ... > We should be in file 5. I am at file 5. This is correct! > === End Forward space files test === > > > And then the program just hung in there showing a single asterisk for about 15 > minutes until I decided to say: quit. > > *quit > Orphaned buffer: 16 bytes allocated at line 276 of btape reserve.c > > > Hmmm, it dawns to me that everything was fine and I, believing the program was > stuck, hit "return" to see, if it still responds. > > Seems it was waiting for input and and I just didn't regognize the asterisk as > "back at the shell prompt". > > Right? My mistake?
What counts is that the problem seems to be resolved ... :-) > > Thanks, > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- > state of mind > Agentur für Kommunikation und Design > > Patrick Koetter Tel: 089 45227227 > Echinger Strasse 3 Fax: 089 45227226 > 85386 Eching Web: http://www.state-of-mind.de > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT > Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your > opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash > http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV > _______________________________________________ > Bacula-users mailing list > Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
