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Tar backup
I am trying to do a full system backup using tar. It then after maybe 12 or so hours comes up with tar: write error: unexpected EOF. I have thoroughly cleaned the drive and tried to use a different drive but it still gives me this error. Can someone help. I am on solaris 8.
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You tar file is too big.

split the tar into seperate commands

e.g.
tar -cvf backup1.tar / /var /opt
tar -cvf backup2.tar /usr /home

you get the idea
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