bemery@nmsu.edu (Bryan Emery) (09/11/90)
This is concerning my second attempt at backing up my user files before I
attempted to install Ultrix 4.0.
I used the tar command as follows to create what I thought was one archive:
tar c /usr/users
this was to backup user files on my RZ55 disk.
At the completion of that, I did:
tar r /usr2
which I understood to mean that those files would be 'added' to the
existing archive.
Now, after Ultrix 4.0 is installed, I do:
tar xv
or
tar tv
and get all the files from /usr/users and then get an error:
tar: ioctl MTBSF failed -4: I/O Error
Strange thing is, if I do:
cp /dev/nrmt0h backup.tar
I get a file that is about 64 megabytes big. When I then do:
tar tf backup.tar
I only see maybe 10 files out of /usr/users. However, if I do:
more backup.tar
and move down through the file, I can "see" some of my filenames that I need
to get.
Any suggestions???
Bryan Emery