On Sat, 2009-08-08 at 05:48 +1000, simon wrote: > Package: tar > Version: 1.20-1 > Severity: critical > Justification: breaks the whole system > > > command : tar -czf /dev/ht0 /www /home > locks the machine.
If it locks the machine up, then this is almost certainly a kernel device driver problem and not a problem in tar itself. Running 'strace tar ...' and looking at the output might help confirm that. > no activity on the tape drive. the tape drive is a > travan certance. am i using the correct device? it has this listed in > the messages log: > kernel: [ 7.067603] ide-tape: hdb <-> ht0: 232KBps, 6*54kB buffer, > 400ms tDSC I don't know this device at all. However, a quick web search turns up: http://baheyeldin.com/linux/using-tape-backup-on-linux-for-a-home-network.html That suggests to me that /dev/ht0 is probably meant to be ok, but it looks like this person chose to use the ide-scsi driver to make their Travan show up as a SCSI tape device. I don't know if that would be a better choice for you or not, but it might be something to try? Bdale -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-rc-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
