Re: Undo aic7xxx changes (now rc7+aic20030603)

Willy Tarreau
2003-06-25T19:14:42Z

On Wed, Jun 25, 2003 at 01:43:53AM +0200, Stephan von Krawczynski wrote:
> > Ah, OK ! I didn't understand this. You're right, this is also a possibility.
> > Perhaps a tar cf - /mnt/3ware | chkblk would get evidence of somme corruption
> > ?
>
> Hm, probably a dumb question: does repeated tar'ing of the same files lead to
> exactly the same archive? There is no timestamp inside or something equivalent
> ?

Hmmm no, you're right, I forgot about this case. I think that access time or
other time-dependant informations may change often enough to make a big diff
on checksums. I have no more idea at the moment. Or perhaps tar to a disk file
instead of the tape and check that file :-/

Cheers,
Willy