-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Stuart Bailey wrote: |Hi, |I'm haviong trouble using tar to backup to tape. |I have FC3 (last updated on 22nd July) with an HP DAT 72i tape drive. This was |installed and working fine since March this year. Just recently (could be |coincidental with the update), backups have been failing. This is a 72Gb tape |drive, and it is reporting 'no space left on device' after backing up just |2048 bytes. |I have run the HP diagnostic tool and all tests pass. Also, I have cleaned the |drive, usedf new and old tapes. | |There are no entries in /var/log/messages relating to the backup failure. | |I have tried a raw write using dd, and that aborts after a couple of Mb of |data. | |/proc/scsi identifies the drive correctly (along with the Adaptec SCSI card). | |Any ideas would be gratefully received. | |Many thanks. | |Stuart. | It would also help us if you sent a sample of the command you used to start tar to do the backup. Usually with tar you need to specify the - -f /dev/nst0 or simular to backup to the drive. You do have to replace the /dev/nst0 with the device name for your tape drive. Let us know, James Kosin -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.0 (MingW32) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFC8jWukNLDmnu1kSkRAmfgAJ9uxj5MyPtFRvMdiUH16777tmm86gCePP9K u8BS/swWGYd4/zN7cmBXIoM= =MCxv -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
