On Thu, 2005-08-04 at 18:26 +0100, Paul Howarth wrote: > On Thu, 2005-08-04 at 13:17 -0400, Terry Polzin wrote: > > On Thursday 04 August 2005 12:49 pm, Stuart Bailey wrote: > > > > >> What version of tar please? > > > > > > > > > >(GNU tar) 1.14 > > > > > > > > Bingo! > > > > > > > > tar has a rather spotted history, and 1.14 is known on the amanda list > > > > to be broken. 1.13-19, 1.13-25, and 1.15-1 are kown to work > > > > correctly. 1.13 plain is busted, and 1.14 only lasted a month or two. > > > > Nuke it, and go get either the older 1.13-25, or 1.15-1. > > > > > > Do you know if this will become a yum update? > > It must be: > > > > [tpolzin@excaliber ~]$ rpm -q tar > > tar-1.15.1-7.FC4 > > The OP is using FC3, for which the latest update is tar-1.14-5.FC3. > > I'd suggest getting the FC4 SRPM and rebuilding it. > Jumping in here, we have FC3 servers using tar 1.14-5 for backups with no problems at all. Systems are HP/Compaq (DL360's mainly) with HP tape deck. We have cciss scsi and have to run the following before using the tape deck: echo 'engage scsi' >/proc/driver/cciss/cciss0 Perhaps the OP has to do something similar? John. -- --------------------------------------------------------------- John Horne, University of Plymouth, UK Tel: +44 (0)1752 233914 E-mail: John.Horne@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fax: +44 (0)1752 233839
