tar backup msg

["V. Leveque" <vleveque earthlink net>]

Hello,  

I did my first full backup to tape. I have questions about some of the
messages I received.

I did the backup using the command tar -cf /dev/st0 / and got the following
messages:

  Removing leading '/' from absolute path names in the archive
  Removing leading '/' from absolute links

  followed by a bunch of expected messages about not being able to back up /proc

  Error exit delayed from previous errors

Then I verified the backup with tar -df /dev/st0 / and got:
  /: not found in archive
  Error exit delayed from previous errors


Are these messages normal, or did something go wrong with the backup?

Thank you all.

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