clearly, more details than this are needed.


On Thu, 13 Sep 2001, D'Arcy J.M. Cain wrote:

> I have a system that I backup to using tar every day.  Every few days I
> start seeing the following message.
> 
> tar: can't write to /dev/tape : Input/output error
> 
> If I reboot the system it is OK again for another few days.  This is with a
> 1.5T system.  Has anyone else seen this?  Should I upgrade to a more
> current system?
> 
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