I'm getting the following error when trying to read a tape. I check the status of the drive. [root@darc200 ~]# mt -f /dev/nst0 status SCSI 2 tape drive: File number=0, block number=-1, partition=0. Tape block size 32768 bytes. Density code 0x26 (DDS-4 or QIC-4GB). Soft error count since last status=0 General status bits on (1010000): ONLINE IM_REP_EN [root@darc200 ~]# Then I attempt to read the tape and get the following errors: [root@darc200 ~]# tar -b32768 -tvf /dev/nst0 tar: This does not look like a tar archive tar: Skipping to next header tar: Archive contains obsolescent base-64 headers tar: /dev/nst0: Cannot read: Input/output error tar: /dev/nst0: Cannot read: Input/output error tar: /dev/nst0: Cannot read: Input/output error tar: /dev/nst0: Cannot read: Input/output error tar: /dev/nst0: Cannot read: Input/output error tar: /dev/nst0: Cannot read: Input/output error tar: /dev/nst0: Cannot read: Input/output error tar: /dev/nst0: Cannot read: Input/output error tar: /dev/nst0: Cannot read: Input/output error tar: /dev/nst0: Cannot read: Input/output error tar: /dev/nst0: Cannot read: Input/output error tar: /dev/nst0: Cannot read: Input/output error tar: Too many errors, quitting tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now [root@darc200 ~]# When I don't specify the block size it just hangs. [root@darc200 ~]# tar tvf /dev/nst0 When attempting to write to the tape using tar -cvf temp.tar /dev/nst0 it fails also. The tape is a HP StorageWorks Dat 40 scsi tape and usb tape devices. The OS is Red Hat AS 4.0 with kernel 2.6.9-5.EL i686 GNU/Linux. I have the same problem with both tape devices. I can take the tape and put it in a dat drive on a hp and read it just fine. Jake E. Posey Boeing Commerical Airplanes Lab Test Systems Support Email: jake.e.posey@xxxxxxxxxx <mailto:jake.e.posey@xxxxxxxxxx> Phone: (206) 544-1778 -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subjecthttps://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
