Re: [Bug-tar] GNU Tar 1.16.1 size limitation on multiple tape arc hive

[Dat Head]

> "Petcher, Daniel" <address@hidden> wrote:
> > I'd love to turn my LTO-3 drive's HW compression off, but I'm not sure how.
> > I'll address that issue later.

mt -f /dev/stX defcompression off
should work - works on all the other drives I've used over the years
(4mm, 8mm, DLT, SDLT I, SDLT II, etc)

On Dec 15, 2007 1:20 PM, Joerg Schilling
<address@hidden> wrote:

> I believe that this is an internal GNU tar problem and this is why I suggested
> to try out star.

gnu tar --listed-incremental still does not work properly at all if
you have millions of files (8.5 on
the one box where it failes) and
list several different file systems (about 8 on the one example
system) on the command line - it just *silently* does not back up
any files in some of them - if you have either of these situations (#
of files and multiple
file systems I highly suggest you check your output, the -v log file
is sufficient, as it just
does not list anything for them)

sadly it does not appear that
this will ever be fixed in gnu tar which I do not understand as I have
been a hugh champion of
gtar for so long but can no longer risk my data to it, so is there any
cheat sheets on how to convert over
to star as far as incremental backup schemes go (or alternatively just
what would be missed by
using "find | gtar" [what flexbackup uses] vs. "gtar --listed-incremental" ?)