-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Robert Moskowitz wrote: > So I switched over to init 3 and ran the tar process from the text session. > > Still got this error. > > How do I figure out what is wrong and how do I find any similar > show-stoppers? > That error is frequently caused by a lock or with the file changing while being backed up. Use the verbose option with tar, then scan down through the log to find out what happened. If you have a non-fatal error early on in the execution of tar you'll receive notice of it at the end of execution. Barry -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFFBsJsCFu3bIiwtTARAi06AKCSoSMXUS91lxDsQvOUQklnykDJSgCeNJLX FAt1KNtH5GklMOHuQE60bjo= =WMcA -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS@xxxxxxxxxx http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos