On Tue, 26 Aug 2003, Peter Kiem wrote: > Hi, > > I have a script in a customer site which performs a backup to tape and > then tries to verify the backup. This is my script: > > #!/bin/bash > echo "rewinding tape" > mt -f /dev/st0 rewind > echo "retensioning tape" > mt -f /dev/st0 retension > echo "starting backup" > tar -cpf /dev/st0 --verify --files-from /root/scripts/backup.inc > --exclude-from /root/scripts/backup.exc > echo "rewinding tape & unloading tape" > mt -f /dev/st0 rewoffl > echo "finished backup" > > > But at the end of the backup I see: > tar: /dev/st0: Cannot read: Input/output error > tar: Too many errors, quitting > tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now > > > They have cleaned the drive, changed tapes but I always get the above > error messages. > > Am I verifying the backup correctly or am I doing something wrong?
Are you running the script as root? -- Gerry "The lyfe so short, the craft so long to learne" Chaucer -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
