On Fri, 9 Aug 2002, thomas holstein wrote:

>FAILURE AND STRANGE DUMP SUMMARY:
>   samson.hei /dev/da0s1e lev 0 FAILED [disk /dev/da0s1e offline on
>samson.heitec.net?]

You must give tar directory names, not disk devices.  Rather than
/dev/da0s1e you need to tell tar to backup /var or whereever that
partition happens to be mounted.  Modify your disklist to reflect this.

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