>This error looks like one that I get when I try to read a tar tape on an >SGI machine that was created on an HP machine. To get it to work, I have >to use a different device file (on an SGI machine, it's something like >/dev/rmt/tps0d4ns). Not being familiar with Mondo, I don't know if tar >can read Mondo's format. You could do an 'ls /dev/st0*' and try the >different tape devices you find. > >tar tvf /dev/st0a >tar tvf /dev/st0l ....... > >but my guess is that if it's a Mondo created tape you might have to use >something like mondorestore..... Jesse, can you shed some light on this? Hi Randy, I took your advice, ran the below and got: [root@www dev]# ls st0* st0 st0a st0l st0m [root@www dev]# [root@www dev]# tar tvf /dev/st0m tar: /dev/st0m: Cannot read: No such device or address tar: At beginning of tape, quitting now tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now [root@www dev]# tar tvf /dev/st01 tar: /dev/st01: Cannot open: No such file or directory tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now [root@www dev]# tar tvf /dev/st0a tar: /dev/st0a: Cannot read: No such device or address tar: At beginning of tape, quitting now tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now [root@www dev]# tar tvf /dev/st0 tar: /dev/st0: Cannot read: Cannot allocate memory tar: At beginning of tape, quitting now tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now The backup software I'm using is described at http://www.mondorescue.org/ It's an open source disaster recovery RPM, just installed it. I asked over at the mondo list to see if tar can read a mondo format, still waiting for a reply over there. -- Psyche-list mailing list Psyche-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list
