Niall O Broin said:

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> What's your backup device ? If it's a SCSI tape then I'd say your
> problem is
> most likely SCSI cabling termination. I had this a long time ago and
> it drove
> me nuts. I eventually found that the SCSI chain wasn't terminated
> correctly.
> Just like you, I would only encounter the problems on big backups
> (because it
> was only producing occasional errors, and the bigger the file, the
> more
> likely I was to encounter it. The way to fix the problem is to make
> sure that
> all SCSI cable connections are well made and that termination is
> correct.
> Using good quality SCSI cables is a big help too.
>
> If OTOH you're not using SCSI tape then I'm afraid I'm all out of
> clue.

I had a similar thought when I first had this problem. However, I
was able to duplicate the problem simply by gzipping a big file to
my ATA/IDE holding disk. So I'm certain it's not a scsi problem.

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Kurt Yoder
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