Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!lll-winken!sun-barr!newstop!sun!coherent!mrspoc!mrspoc!pablo From: pablo@mrspoc.Transact.COM (Pablo Sanchez) Newsgroups: comp.unix.xenix Subject: ct: ERROR: system too busy for efficient tape use Message-ID: Date: 9 Aug 90 17:50:16 GMT Sender: pablo@mrspoc.Transact.COM (Pablo Sanchez) Distribution: comp Organization: Transact Software, Inc., Los Altos, CA Lines: 14 Hi, We keep getting the ``ct: ...'' error message during our nightly backups. SCO sez to do some ``sync''s prior to doing the backup, but this does not work. Has anyone got around this problem? Shouldn't it be possible to override this? I've looked but I have not seen anyway to do that. Anyway, any help or suggestions would be appreciated. OS = Xenix 2.3.1 Machine = WYSE/386 16mhz -- Pablo Sanchez Transact Software, Inc pablo@transact.com