[lug] Tape backup error

[Bob Collins]

Thank you Ed,

You have some good advice.  I am just trying to do a complete backup to
tape so I can reformat my hard drive and put the files back.  I have a
bad spot on my ReiserFS disk and I would like to re-size it.  I am
thinking this is easiest way.  

Bob
 
Ed Hill wrote:
> 
> On Sun, 2003-12-28 at 19:29, Bob Collins wrote:
> > I want to backup across my local area network.  I am testing by
> > backing up to a file instead of tape.
> >
> > I can telnet or ftp to linux.local.  If I try:
> >
> > tar -cvf linux.local:/home/bob/bkup.tar /etc
> >
> > I get:
> >
> > tar: linux.local:/home/bob/bkup.tar: Cannot open: Input/output error
> > tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now
> >
> > What port does tar use.  I thought it might be the ftp or the telnet
> > port.  I can find only that the default port is used.  Where can I find
> > out about this?  Or am I completely in the dark?
> >
> > As always all help appreciated.
> 
> Hi Bob,
> 
> I'm pretty certain that tar is completely network un-aware.  That is,
> tar can only access files that are either local or are provided locally
> through a file-system (eg. NFS, Samba, AFS, etc.) mechanism.
> 
> So have you tried using Samba to make the "Windows shares" on your other
> machines accessible to your Linux box?  That would probably be the
> easiest route for backups since tar could then treat the files on other
> machines as if they existed locally.
> 
> good luck,
> Ed
> 
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