[lbackup-discussion] rsync errors: device not configured

[Scott Haneda]

On Apr 30, 2010, at 5:58 AM, henri <shustak at connect.homeunix.com> wrote:

> Based on the information kindly posted by Matt to the rsync mailing  
> list, I recommend the following steps outlined in "Option 1", listed  
> below :

The steps you outlined are rather involved. Since the rsync mailing  
list pegs it as a file system level error, maybe we should confirm  
that first?

Try a cp on the file in question, does that fail? Can you move it  
aside, delete it, restore it from a known good source? What about the  
file is bad?

Maybe the destination drive is fine, and it is only a file that needs  
remapping. Maybe not. But I think worth looking into.

For example, and I should bring this up  on the rsync list. I have a  
sparse image that rsync will get to 99% of copying and then fail with  
error. This causes lbackup or plain rsync commands to halt.

If I pre-copy the sparse image, it is seen as up to date, and left  
alone. If I slighky alter the source sparse bundle, a few new bands of  
delta are copied, and everything is fine.

It's strange, as I can scp, AFP, or FTP the disc image and it will  
always work. Using rsync as the transport and it always fails. The  
hard part is it is huge, and takes 20 minutes to test each time.

I think it's worth it to pin the file down, as if it's similar to my  
case, rsync should not bail out, but skip the file, and continue,  
logging or reporting the error.

I will try to post my issue in more detail later today.
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