Date: Fri, 18 Sep 1998 18:23:52 +0200 (CEST) From: Wilko Bulte <wilko@yedi.iaf.nl> To: chris@absinthe.shenton.org (Chris Shenton) Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG, scsi@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: st0: 262144-byte record too big (reading SGI tar tape) Message-ID: <199809181623.SAA00725@yedi.iaf.nl> In-Reply-To: <87hfy6wqgd.fsf@absinthe.shenton.org> from Chris Shenton at "Sep 17, 98 02:21:06 pm"
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As Chris Shenton wrote... > I'm trying to restore files from tar image tape made on an > SGI. Whether I use "dd" or "tar" I get the same complaint in syslog: > > st0: 262144-byte record too big > > I've tried various "bs=" and "conv=" to dd but get the same error so I > suspect the "st" driver is upset with the tape. 262144 bytes is 256KB > which seems unlikely to be a coincidence. FreeBSD currently cannot handle records > 64kB. > This is on an Archive (Connor/Seagate) Python 4mm DDS2 which I've used > successfully for Amanda. Kernel is 2.2.7-STABLE with a 2.2.6-STABLE > OS. > > Any hints on how to recover this tape? Write another on the SGI.. Wilko _ ______________________________________________________________________ | / o / / _ Bulte email: wilko@yedi.iaf.nl |/|/ / / /( (_) Arnhem, The Netherlands WWW : http://www.tcja.nl ______________________________________________ Powered by FreeBSD __________ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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