RE: [flexbackup-help] Offending command ?

[Bosschaert, M. <m.b...@An...>]

> > buffer (writer): write of data failed: Input/output error
> > bytes to write=10240, bytes written=-1, total written        700K
> 
> This point to your problem. (last command in the pipeline). 
> buffer choked
> after about 700k.
> 
> Make sure you've run "flexbackup -test-tape-drive" and you've 
> got the tape
> drive, driver, and stuff like blocksize parameters working 
> ok.  See the FAQ.
> 
> You could also try streaming large files to the tape directly 
> and make sure
> it works.
> 
"flexbackup -test-tape-drive" passes without complaining. Also I'v tried
various settings for the blocksize (eg blksize=32 or 64). Strange thing is
that I can backup the system as the first set (/usr /root /boot /etc /bin
/lib /sbin /var), errors start coming in the next action -dir /usr). 
Mike