Re: Urgent! tar hangs on SCSI tape

1997-06-17 Thread Christian Meder
On Jun 17, Hubert Palme wrote > Hi, > > I urgently have to backup my Linux box. But tar hangs after a while, > and to get the /dev/st0 free, I have to reboot. The task isn't > killable (D flag in the ps listing). My configuration: Adaptec SCSI > adapter, DAT tape. I want to backup the whole disk,

Urgent! tar hangs on SCSI tape

1997-06-17 Thread Hubert Palme
Hi, I urgently have to backup my Linux box. But tar hangs after a while, and to get the /dev/st0 free, I have to reboot. The task isn't killable (D flag in the ps listing). My configuration: Adaptec SCSI adapter, DAT tape. I want to backup the whole disk, including a vfat partition. My first ques