Date: Tue, 20 Aug 1996 14:28:56 -0400 From: Branson Matheson <branson@widomaker.com> To: Ken Fallot <fallot@ecc.nyseg.com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: tar to scsi tape ( freebsd to other unix ) Message-ID: <199608201828.OAA14508@garion.hq.ferg.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 20 Aug 1996 13:38:10 EDT." <199608201738.NAA00879@ecc.nyseg.com>
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s-------- Ken Fallot uttered with conviction: > > using " tar -cvf /dev/rst0 filename" > to create .... > trying " tar -tvf /dev/rmt/ntape1" > to list contents on Novell UnixWare 1.1.4 > > gives me the following error... > > WARNING: TapeDrive: HA 0 TC 6 LU 0 -CHECK CONDITION > logical block address = 0x00000014 > > WARNING: Tape Driver: Block lenth mismatch > Driver requested 10240, Tape block length = 0 > UX:tar:ERROR: tape read error: I/O ERROR > > I have made tapes on UnixWare and Linux boxes and been able > to read the fine on FreeBSD box but not other way around > This looks like somthing I recognize .. try mt -f /dev/nrst0 blocksize 0 > could the be so and still be byte swap trouble ??? try using dd like I mentioned... somthing like dd if=/dev/nrst0 conv=swab | tar xvf - >> One thing that might help is to use a known blocksize. Some unixs >> have different ideas about blocksize. > it looks like default block size Right.. but default on one machine may be default on another. Try using a known blocksize like 10k or somthing. -branson -- ============================================================================= Branson Matheson | Ferguson Enterprises | If Pete and Repeat were System Administrator | W: (804) 874-7795 | sittin on a fence and Pete Unix, Perl, WWW | branson@widomaker.com | fell off, who is left?
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