hello all
im having some teething problems with the backup's on my e-smith, the backup of /dev/sda seems to work
but whne it gets to /dev/sdb it dont seem to work ;0( below is my backup log
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| Doing level 0 backup of all using dump
| Retensioning tape...
| Rewinding & erasing tape...
| Creating index key 200207301442.36
| Tape #0
| Filesystems = / /boot /home/e-smith/files/ibays/pjp_store
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At block 2.
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| File number 1, index key 200207301442.36
| Backup of: /
| Date of this level 0 backup: Tue Jul 30 14:42:49 2002
| Date of last level 0 backup: the epoch
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| (dump -0 -b 10 -a -f - / | gzip -4) | buffer -m 3m -s 10k -u 100 -t -p 75 -B \
| -o /dev/nst0
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DUMP: Date of this level 0 dump: Tue Jul 30 14:42:49 2002
DUMP: Dumping /dev/sda6 (/) to standard output
DUMP: Added inode 7 to exclude list (resize inode)
DUMP: Label: /
DUMP: mapping (Pass I) [regular files]
DUMP: mapping (Pass II) [directories]
DUMP: estimated 768116 tape blocks.
DUMP: Volume 1 started with block 1 at: Tue Jul 30 14:42:56 2002
DUMP: dumping (Pass III) [directories]
DUMP: dumping (Pass IV) [regular files]
DUMP: 45.10% done at 1154 kB/s, finished in 0:06
DUMP: 100.00% done at 1330 kB/s, finished in 0:00
DUMP: Volume 1 completed at: Tue Jul 30 14:53:08 2002
DUMP: Volume 1 813500 tape blocks (794.43MB)
DUMP: Volume 1 took 0:10:12
DUMP: Volume 1 transfer rate: 1329 kB/s
DUMP: 813500 tape blocks (794.43MB)
DUMP: finished in 612 seconds, throughput 1329 kBytes/sec
DUMP: Date of this level 0 dump: Tue Jul 30 14:42:49 2002
DUMP: Date this dump completed: Tue Jul 30 14:53:08 2002
DUMP: Average transfer rate: 1329 kB/s
DUMP: DUMP IS DONE
Kilobytes Out 302710
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| Backup start: Tue Jul 30 14:42:49 2002
| Backup end: Tue Jul 30 14:53:16 2002
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At block 30273.
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| File number 2, index key 200207301442.36
| Backup of: /boot
| Date of this level 0 backup: Tue Jul 30 14:53:26 2002
| Date of last level 0 backup: the epoch
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| (dump -0 -b 10 -a -f - /boot | gzip -4) | buffer -m 3m -s 10k -u 100 -t -p \
| 75 -B -o /dev/nst0
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DUMP: Date of this level 0 dump: Tue Jul 30 14:53:26 2002
DUMP: Dumping /dev/sda1 (/boot) to standard output
DUMP: Added inode 7 to exclude list (resize inode)
DUMP: Label: /boot
DUMP: mapping (Pass I) [regular files]
DUMP: mapping (Pass II) [directories]
DUMP: estimated 6011 tape blocks.
DUMP: Volume 1 started with block 1 at: Tue Jul 30 14:53:26 2002
DUMP: dumping (Pass III) [directories]
DUMP: dumping (Pass IV) [regular files]
DUMP: Volume 1 completed at: Tue Jul 30 14:53:33 2002
DUMP: Volume 1 6000 tape blocks (5.86MB)
DUMP: Volume 1 took 0:00:07
DUMP: Volume 1 transfer rate: 857 kB/s
DUMP: 6000 tape blocks (5.86MB)
DUMP: finished in 7 seconds, throughput 857 kBytes/sec
DUMP: Date of this level 0 dump: Tue Jul 30 14:53:26 2002
DUMP: Date this dump completed: Tue Jul 30 14:53:33 2002
DUMP: Average transfer rate: 857 kB/s
DUMP: DUMP IS DONE
Kilobytes Out 3640
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| Backup start: Tue Jul 30 14:53:26 2002
| Backup end: Tue Jul 30 14:53:42 2002
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At block 30637.
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| File number 3, index key 200207301442.36
| Backup of: /home/e-smith/files/ibays/pjp_store
| Date of this level 0 backup: Tue Jul 30 14:53:52 2002
| Date of last level 0 backup: the epoch
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| (dump -0 -b 10 -a -f - /home/e-smith/files/ibays/pjp_store | gzip -4) | \
| buffer -m 3m -s 10k -u 100 -t -p 75 -B -o /dev/nst0
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DUMP: Date of this level 0 dump: Tue Jul 30 14:53:52 2002
DUMP: Dumping /dev/sdb1 (/home/e-smith/files/ibays/pjp_store) to standard output
DUMP: Added inode 7 to exclude list (resize inode)
DUMP: Label: none
DUMP: mapping (Pass I) [regular files]
/dev/sdb1: Can't read next inode while scanning inode #4456448
Kilobytes Out 10
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| Backup start: Tue Jul 30 14:53:52 2002
| Backup end: Tue Jul 30 14:54:21 2002
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At block 30638.
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| Rewinding...
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is it at all possible that the backups not working could have something to do with the amount of cylinders the drive has? i seem to remember a warning when i created the drive
thanks in advanced
Macca