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Posted By colesy
mount point
hi people,

I'm trying to create a mount point, but am having no sucess at all, with the following:

mount -F ufs /dev/dsk/diskname /newdirectory

but i keep getting - mount-point /newdirectory...
15,458
Posted By colesy
setting up a network printer
Hello people,

I'm attempting to setup a printer connection to a printer running off the NT printer server, but with little success.

I'm using the admintool, go to ADD printers...where it offers...
2,682
Posted By colesy
configuring network infomation
Hello all,

I am trying to hit the internet from my unix box (sun 250e), but cannot reach any external IP addresses.

I've updated the hosts and resolv.conf files with what i assume is the right...
3,117
Posted By colesy
no telnet connection
I have a new SUN server from a sister company, and have been able to network it, and ping the server...however i can't telnet into the box.

When it was at the sister companies site, we were able...
Forum: IP Networking 03-27-2003
3,865
Posted By colesy
PLEASE DISREGARD THIS POSTING - I DIDN'T HAVE THE...
PLEASE DISREGARD THIS POSTING - I DIDN'T HAVE THE NETWORK CABLE IN THE RIGHT HOLE!!!

Always been a problem....

:)
Forum: IP Networking 03-27-2003
3,865
Posted By colesy
new office - no network connection!
We have just moved offices and in the same week recieved a SUN box from another company site.

I'm attemting to connect this SUN box to the network, but i can't see it on the network.

I have...
4,574
Posted By colesy
thanks RTM. I was able to shut the box...
thanks RTM.

I was able to shut the box down, and restart it. There was corruption on my / filesystem. Cleaned this up and and now able to telnet in.

Thanks for the advice...

Rich
4,574
Posted By colesy
telnet login
I am having a problem logging into my SUN box.

When i telnet to the box, i dont get as far as the login/password bit - instead i have the following appear on my screen:

telnetd: could not...
163,728
Posted By colesy
redirecting tar extract to another directory
Is it possible to redirect the output from 'tar xvf' to another directory?

The taped tar image is extracting to my / dircetory - even though i'm running the command from /backups.

The contents...
12,760
Posted By colesy
Thanks for all your help on this one guys. I...
Thanks for all your help on this one guys.

I applied patches, installed GNUtar, tried other backup/restore commands...but not joy!

I'm now have to go and make my case for the data being...
12,760
Posted By colesy
meant to add: The tapes where created on...
meant to add:

The tapes where created on another unix box by another unix guy...who has since left. from a brief convo with him, the tapes were supposedly created with TAR.
12,760
Posted By colesy
Kevin, Tried the cpio option, but equally...
Kevin,

Tried the cpio option, but equally got errors:

cpio: I/O error on "input", errno 12, Not enough space
1 errors

i'm not that clued up on this - but i'm thinking that it is...
12,760
Posted By colesy
reading from tape error
The tape was created using TAR.

I can issue commands to the device, and have read tapes...just these few (which conatin the most valuable data) are the 'corrupt' ones.

Initally a blocksize...
12,760
Posted By colesy
reading from tape error
I have been attempting to read a DLT tape, but encountered problems. I have applied patches from SUN that 'resolve' known problems with tape reading etc...but still the error!

Techsupport reckon...
4,154
Posted By colesy
I have stipulated the blocksize using the b...
I have stipulated the blocksize using the b option, but am stlll getting this "tar: directory checksum error".

Any ideas of how to solve this part?

Thanks
4,154
Posted By colesy
error reading from tape
Hi all,

I am attempting to read tar images from a DLT tape, and have recieved an error, which i don't know:

tar: blocksize = 8
tar: directory checksum error

I have been able...
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