On 25May2006 15:24, Posey, Jake E <Jake.E.Posey@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: | 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 | | Then I attempt to read the tape and get the following errors: | [root@darc200 ~]# tar -b32768 -tvf /dev/nst0 Don't you mean -b 64? -b takes units of 512 bytes you know... | tar: This does not look like a tar archive [...] | When I don't specify the block size it just hangs. | [root@darc200 ~]# tar tvf /dev/nst0 Is the tape doing anything? Does this: strace -e trace=file tar tvf /dev/nst0 show anything happening? This will be doing 512 byte sized block reads. | When attempting to write to the tape using tar -cvf temp.tar /dev/nst0 | it fails also. Certainly. You have that backwards. You want: tar cvf /dev/nst0 ... to write to the tape. And why write a tar file containing a tar file? | 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. Using what command? Or is the HP not running UNIX? -- Cameron Simpson <cs@xxxxxxxxxx> DoD#743 http://www.cskk.ezoshosting.com/cs/ Morality is the herd-instinct in the individual. - Nietzsche -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
