mfsbackup failure

[kluckham]

I've been trying to backup an S3 (SATA 750) to a FAT32 partition (on a SATA 250).

WHat happens is I issue the mount command
(mount /dev/sdb1 /mnt)
No error messages.

I then enter the mfsbackup command
(mfsbackup -f 9999 -1so /mnt/backup.bak /dev/sda)

The backup starts and tests the drives says 2741 mb to backup at the 10% point. I get the following error message.

(/mnt/backup.bat: No such file or directory found

When I look at the disk, I see a file created at 130mb called backup.bak

What am I doing wrong? Did I somehow corrupt the TiVo drive?

Thanks <<Ken>>

[WK-Jeff]

Sounds like you might have a bad TiVo drive, unless your target drive is full.

[kluckham]

No it is an empty drive, so I guess it is bad then.

[WK-Michael]

Could the directory not have privileges that allow writing? Maybe the tools are caching the data, and when they first attempt to write, they hit a privilege restriction and get an error . . .

If you know Linux at all, you could try writing a file to that directory to see what happens.

[kluckham]

Nope, I don't know unix unfortunately.

By the way this was done on a new empty machine using only your SATA tools disk image. Is their a utility there that I can use to check the drive?

[WK-Jeff]

You'd have to go to the drive manufacturer's website to download testing software.

[kluckham]

Thanks for your help, the drive is physically fine, appears to be a problem with th TiVo system itself. Just ordered a replacement drive from you.