I always like to do relative tarballs rather than absolute. cd to dir to tar then issue tar -cvf mytarfile .
compress mytarfile ftp it to linux box cd to dir where to untar then issue tar -xvf mytarfile . HTH, Gene >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 03/15/02 11:41AM >>> backup from sun: TAPEDRIVE=/dev/rmt/0 WORKDIR=/export/home/SUNarchive tar -cvf $TAPEDRIVE $WORKDIR/passwd restore to linux: TAPEDRIVE=/dev/rmt/1 WORKDIR=/local/restore cd $WORKDIR tar -xvf $TAPEDRIVE At this point we get a file not found error. Bill Crawford wrote: > > On Fri, 15 Mar 2002, Janyne Kizer wrote: > > > I have some Solaris servers we are migrationt to Red Hat Linux. What I > > was hoping to do is write the data that we want to move from the Solaris > > box to the new server to tape, put the tape into the Linux box and > > restore the data. There seems to be an incompatibility in the way the > > tapes are written by these to operating systems though. When we put the > > tape into the drive on the Linux server, the tape is accessed and we get > > a "file not found" error. Any pointers would be appreciated. > > Can you tell us what program you are using to create the tape, and a > little more detail about the error you are receiving when you try to > extract the data? > > Silly question: have you written somewhere after the beginning of the > tape and then rewound it so your Linux box is trying to read the start > of some data that has since been overwritten? > > _______________________________________________ > Redhat-list mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list -- Janyne Kizer CNE-3, CNE-4, CNE-5 Systems Programmer Administrator I NC State University, College of Agriculture & Life Sciences Extension and Administrative Technology Services Phone: (919) 515-3609 _______________________________________________ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list _______________________________________________ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
