Date: Mon, 12 Nov 2001 15:10:28 -0600 From: "Stephen Hilton" <nospam@hiltonbsd.com> To: "FreeBSD Questions" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Cc: "Bill Moran" <wmoran@potentialtech.com> Subject: RE: reading SGI backup tapes on FreeBSD Message-ID: <KPEMJADBBBFPDEDOIOMBOEOBDIAA.nospam@hiltonbsd.com> In-Reply-To: <3BF00FB5.70205@potentialtech.com>
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Bill, > According to the SGI backup/restore program, cpio was used to make the > backups. So I've tried cpio on FreeBSD with no success. Usually I get > an "Input/Output" error. "bru" is used also on these system for backup, IIRC your error message sound familiar to trying to read a SGI bru DAT tape on a FreeBSD system with tar. You may be able to get a "bru" demo for FreeBSD and try that on the tapes. Regards, Stephen Hilton To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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