Date: Wed, 20 Dec 2006 15:00:39 GMT From: Bernd Luevelsmeyer <bdluevel@heitec.net> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: bin/106973: 'tar' cannot read own tape, but 'pax' can Message-ID: <200612201500.kBKF0dQs010081@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR bin/106973; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Bernd Luevelsmeyer <bdluevel@heitec.net> To: mjacob@freebsd.org Cc: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org, freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org Subject: Re: bin/106973: 'tar' cannot read own tape, but 'pax' can Date: Wed, 20 Dec 2006 15:17:41 +0100 mjacob@freebsd.org wrote: > > Try using tar with a specified blocksize that's equal to the underlying > h/w blocksize on the tape. The tape's blocksize is 10 KB, which is tar's default anyway. I tried various other blocksizes nevertheless, to no avail; except an error in dmesg ("(sa0:ahc0:0:4:0): 10240-byte tape record bigger than supplied buffer") for small blocksizes. Greetings, Bernd
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