Coda File System

Re: Backup Problems

From: Jan Harkes <jaharkes_at_cs.cmu.edu>
Date: Mon, 16 Aug 1999 11:07:24 -0400
On Sun, Aug 15, 1999 at 08:03:20PM -0700, Len Burns wrote:
>
> 19:59:48 Partition /vicepa: 7537094K available (minfree=5%), 4568596K
> free.
> 19:59:48 Partition /usr/backups: 6067326K available (minfree=5%),
> 3591556K free.
> 19:59:48 Error 'File exists' creating directory
> /usr/backups/15Aug1999.
> 19:59:48 Malformed partitions! Cannot prepare for dumping.
> 19:59:48 Malformed partitions! Cannot prepare for dumping.
> 
> TIA
> 
> -Len

Hi Len,

Did you run the backup program twice? You probably want to clean out
that /usr/backups directory before starting it a second time. Or your
backup user doesn't have write permission in /usr/backups, and can't
create that directory.

Jan
Received on 1999-08-16 11:08:05