* RHEL3 U2 s390-as * rhr certification testing * using rhr2-tests-0.9-14.2, rhr2-externals-0.9-14.2, rhr2-0.9-14.2 * testing NETWORK (with ctc device) when testing TAPE (using 3490F tape device), an error testing occurs that is reported in the TAPE/*/error.log file: > tar: /dev/ntibm0: Wrote only 0 of 32768 bytes > tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now > tar: /usr/bin: Not found in archive > tar: /usr/dict: Not found in archive > <...> > tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors
this may be a tape configuration issue ...
sorry, above line: * testing NETWORK (with ctc device) should read: * testing TAPE
I would guess so; the tape test is pretty strait forward. What I can think of from here is to manually do some backups and restores (like those in the scripts) and lets see what's required. I can say that I've seen cases were you must specify a block size of 128 instead of 64; but that was on x86.
Does lovejoy have a tape drive attached I could work with to resolve this?
Assuming they're nothing fundamentally different on s390; I've including a blocksize option to the tape test allowing for those drives which don't talk 32k at a time to be configured. I'll post a new package later today.
don't recall when initially added, but blocksize is a tape parameter in -17beta