On Wed, 2007-07-11 at 08:42 +0700, Budiono wrote: > Hi all, > > When I backup my harddisk using tar script into tape backup, using > block-size 1024 and Redhat 9.0 system it running well. But in my new > system (Fedora Core 6),using tar for backup with big block size (1024) > it get error message: > > [root@mis-s155 ~]# tar -b 1024 -cvf /dev/st0 /usr/local/src > tar: Removing leading `/' from member names > tar: /dev/st0: Cannot write: Device or resource busy > tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now > > But it run ok but slow when using block size 128, higher than that, it > get same error as above message. > I looking in google but get no satisfy solution, some link in google I > found that module st.o have some problem in kernel 2.6 ? > > Does any one have the same experience ? > > Thank's > Budiono > Well I don't kknow but let me share this: The first error is not an error but an artifact of tar always removes the first '/' Could it be that the tape drive has its own idea what its block size is? Just a guess. -- ======================================================================= I'll never get off this planet. -- Luke Skywalker ======================================================================= Aaron Konstam telephone: (210) 656-0355 e-mail: akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
