> On Mon, 18 Mar 1996, DUPRE Christophe wrote:
> ...
> > When backuping, I use 'tar'. If the backup fits on one tape, I have no
> > problem to backup/restore. But if the backup takes more than one tape
> > (for example, the 1-gig disk...), tar just does with a segfault when
> > doing a restore/list.
> >
> If tar does a segfault, then you should look for the problem in tar. It
> can't handle properly what comes from the tape. BUT, the default options
> of the tape driver may not work with all tape drives with multi-tape
> backups. You could try to disable write-behind and buffered writes so that
> detection of end-of-tape is not delayed too late. You can do this either
> by editing the file st_options.h (and making a new kernel) or by using
> mt. See the file README.st and the mt man page for details.
I forgot to tell : with 1.3.71, I tried disabling write behind, all kind
of buffering etc in st_options.h ...
Now backuping is VERY slow, but the segfault still happens...
Christophe Dupre Universite de Montreal
Internet: duprec@jsp.umontreal.ca Qc, Canada
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