Re: Problem with taper

["John C. Ellingboe" <john@guntersville.net>]

D.L.Whiteley (Dave) wrote:
> 
> Last week I upgraded one of our machines from hamm to slink. Today I
> discovered that its cron taper backup had been failing due to
> "incorrect preference file format"
> 
> Is this a random glitch or are the two events related. If so, then
> other taper users should be warned!
> 
> Dave Whiteley
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Delete the file /root/taper_prefs and start taper with the -T (tape
dev) option.  You will have to resetup your preferences.

John C. Ellingboe
www.guntersville.net

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