murray@npdiss1.StPaul.NCR.COM (Michael C. Murray) (06/03/91)
Anyone seen this somewhat interesting "tar" problem? Here's the situation: I have a backup created w/ command tar cvfbk <floppy dev 0> 10 1200 <filespec> onto 1.2M 5.25" floppy. The backup has 10 volumes (9 extents). When I attempt to restore the archive onto a different system w/"tar xvf", it reads the first volume, prompts for insertion of the second, and gets partway through before displaying "tar: <filename>: HELP - extract write error" which of course kills the restore. There are two interesting "symptoms": 1) It always bombs after writing 2097152 bytes of the file. 2) It bombs at the "2097152 point" regardless of the extent I begin the restore from. So for instance if I begin w/extent #2 it writes out all of extent #2, prompts for the next one, writes a portion and then dies (at 2097152 bytes). Does this sound like a ulimit problem? I don't have access to the machine for a few days so I can't verify. Suggestions? Thanks. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Michael C. Murray NCR NPD, St.Paul, MN (612) 638-8393 mike.murray@stpaul.ncr.com ...!uunet!ncrlnk!ncrstp!ncrons!mikem Example is the school of mankind, and they will learn at no other. - Edmund Burke, "On a Regicide Peace" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
cpcahil@virtech.uucp (Conor P. Cahill) (06/04/91)
murray@npdiss1.StPaul.NCR.COM (Michael C. Murray) writes: > 1) It always bombs after writing 2097152 bytes of the file. Read the FAQ (specifically the question about ULIMIT). -- Conor P. Cahill (703)430-9247 Virtual Technologies, Inc. uunet!virtech!cpcahil 46030 Manekin Plaza, Suite 160 Sterling, VA 22170