From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jul 24 23:24:38 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C1AD316A4DA for ; Mon, 24 Jul 2006 23:24:38 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from micahjon@ywave.com) Received: from relay0.av-mx.com (relay0.av-mx.com [137.118.16.125]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 91E0243D62 for ; Mon, 24 Jul 2006 23:24:35 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from micahjon@ywave.com) X-Virus-Scan-Time: 0 Received: from [137.118.16.55] (HELO mx3.av-mx.com) by relay0.av-mx.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2.10) with SMTP id 332688979 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Mon, 24 Jul 2006 19:24:34 -0400 Received: (qmail 16669 invoked from network); 24 Jul 2006 23:24:34 -0000 Received: from dsl17146.ywave.com (HELO ?192.168.1.65?) (micahjon@ywave.com@216.227.104.146) by mx3.av-mx.com with SMTP; 24 Jul 2006 23:24:34 -0000 X-CLIENT-IP: 216.227.104.146 X-CLIENT-HOST: dsl17146.ywave.com Message-ID: <44C556B0.8090501@ywave.com> Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2006 16:24:32 -0700 From: Micah User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.4 (X11/20060716) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Jaime References: <3ABD124B-04D2-4861-84A1-6EC27F1466D2@snowmoon.com> In-Reply-To: <3ABD124B-04D2-4861-84A1-6EC27F1466D2@snowmoon.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: tar dies on making tape backup X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2006 23:24:38 -0000 Jaime wrote: > I'm attempting to use tar to feed my filesystem(s) to a DLT tape > drive. I've done this with FreeBSD 3 through 5 and DAT (DDS-3 and > DDS-4) tapes for years. The command now appears to work for a while and > then dies with this message about 2.5 hours into the process: > > archive_write_pax_header: 'x' header failed?! This can't happen. > > Any idea what this means? > > I'm using: > $ uname -a > FreeBSD atlas.cairodurham.org 6.1-STABLE FreeBSD 6.1-STABLE #0: Wed Jun > 28 11:27:09 EDT 2006 > root@atlas.cairodurham.org:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/SMP i386 > > This is my first FreeBSD 6.x system, my first SMP kernel, and my > first DLT drive on a FreeBSD system. Using Google, I couldn't find any > answers that were useful. (Just a few dead threads from various forums > and mailing lists.) > > Thanks in advance, > Jaime I had the same problem recently and Google told me to look for files with malformed dates. I used "find" to search for files dated before Jan 1, 1970, and found one dated 1901. As soon as I "touch"ed the problematic file, tar worked. HTH, Micah