hi ya bob you created a file called /dev/ht0 that filled up the available space in / .... causes device full to tar c ya alvin On 10 Aug 2001, Bob Koss wrote: > > >>>>> "Alvin" == Alvin Oga <aoga@Maggie.Linux-Consulting.com> writes: > > Alvin> if the device is full... you have too much data.... > > > The device isn't full. When I issued the tar command, it worked for a > few seconds and then gave me the error message. Nothing went to tape. >