flur@duke.gatech.edu (Peter W. Flur) (08/21/90)
We have a 16-node IPSC/2 with an Exabyte installed under /cfs. We have experienced two separate problems with the drive. First, a minor problem where trying to star/tar a non-cfs directory can only be done when the cwd is under /cfs. For example, if I want to tar /usr/bin to tape, then (cd /usr/bin;tar -cvf /cfs/tape .) will not work, but (cd /cfs;tar -cvf /usr/bin) will. This is true when the directories being dumped are on the SRM or NFS mounted. The other problem is that when I do cd to /cfs and try to back up large partitions with tar, the tar program kicks out and says: too many open files. Can anyone offer any advice? Thanks, Peter ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Peter Flur, Research Engineer Georgia Institute of Technology School of Electrical Engineering, Atlanta, GA 30332-0250 E-MAIL: flur@duke.eecom.gatech.edu PHONE: (404) 853-9355