Date: Thu, 01 Nov 2007 16:34:36 -0500 From: Derek Ragona <derek@computinginnovations.com> To: freebsd@dreamchaser.org, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: skip bad block in QIC-150 tar Message-ID: <6.0.0.22.2.20071101163314.02421370@mail.computinginnovations.com> In-Reply-To: <472A2498.2050309@dreamchaser.org> References: <472A2498.2050309@dreamchaser.org>
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At 02:10 PM 11/1/2007, freebsd@dreamchaser.org wrote:
>I'm trying to recover some files from a 5 yr old tar on a QIC-150 tape.
>
>Unfortunately, there's a bad block on the tape;
> tar barfs and quits when it gets to it:
>tar: Unrecognized archive format: Inappropriate file type or format
>
>I managed to get a complete directory listing using tar t on my first
>attempt, before the tape became unreadable; it had to work at it but
>apparently managed to eventually get the block read.
>
>I've cleaned the tape and retried multiple times, to no avail.
>
>I've tried omitting the directory containing the bad block,
>but that hasn't prevented it from terminating.
>
>Anyone know a way to get around this?
>
>Thanks,
>
>Gary
I would try the other tar's (bsdtar, pax, etc.) and see what happens . . .
Also check the man pages and see if there is a commandline option to
continue after error.
-Derek
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