error in rsync protocol data stream

[Lee Eakin]

Is your USB disk a usb-1 device?  I got various errors due to the slow
access times over usb-1 (not rsync's problem).  I was able to reduce the
number of errors using the --bwlimit option to slow down rsync so the
device could keep up better.  I've had no problems since I upgraded to
usb-2.
  -Lee

> Date: Thu, 12 Feb 2004 14:14:12 -0500
> From: Ray Lischner <rl.news at tempest-sw.com>
> To: rsync at lists.samba.org
> Subject: Re: error in rsync protocol data stream
> X-Original-To: rsync at lists.samba.org
> X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/
> X-Complaints-To: usenet at sea.gmane.org
> X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: dsl092-046-090.blt1.dsl.speakeasy.net
> User-Agent: KNode/0.7.2
> X-BeenThere: rsync at lists.samba.org
> X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.3
> 
> On Thursday 12 February 2004 12:44 pm, Ray Lischner wrote:
> 
> > I am trying to backup an entire disk to a USB-mounted disk, for backup
> > purposes. Many files are copied, but eventually rsync dies:
> 
> I tried it again, and this time it fails at a different point and with a
> different error:
> 
> $ rsync -axHSv --delete /backup /media/sda1
> ...
> rsync: writefd_unbuffered failed to write 32768 bytes: phase "unknown":
> No buffer space available
> rsync error: error in rsync protocol data stream (code 12) at io.c(666)
> 
> As I mentioned in my previous post, the system has 192MB RAM, 400MB
> swap. The file system I am trying to copy takes up about 15GB.
> -- 
> Ray Lischner, author of C++ in a Nutshell
> http://www.tempest-sw.com/cpp
> 
> -- 
> To unsubscribe or change options: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync
> Before posting, read: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html

-- 
    Lee Eakin - leakin at dfw.nostrum.com
 
Gerrold's Fundamental Truth:
  It's a good thing money can't buy happiness.
We couldn't stand the commercials.