From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Jan 5 20:18:39 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id UAA08554 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Tue, 5 Jan 1999 20:18:39 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from infowest.com (ns1.infowest.com [204.17.177.10]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id UAA08549 for ; Tue, 5 Jan 1999 20:18:37 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from agifford@infowest.com) Received: from tambler.infowest.com (Tambler.infowest.com [207.49.57.143]) by infowest.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id VAA11859 for ; Tue, 5 Jan 1999 21:18:24 -0700 (MST) Date: Tue, 5 Jan 1999 21:18:24 -0700 (MST) Message-Id: <199901060418.VAA11859@infowest.com> From: Aaron Gifford To: FreeBSD Questions Subject: Writing a HUGE file to tape (SCSI, a DLT7000) Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Hello, I just attached a DLT7000 drive to my FreeBSD box and have been trying to put a very large file on the tape. I'm a total newbie to this SCSI tape stuff. Here's what happened: # tar --create --file /dev/rst0 --verify super_big_four_gigabyte_plus_file tar in free(): warning: junk pointer, too high to make sense. super_big_four_gigabyte_plus_file: size differs # What did I do wrong? I tried the same thing on some small test files and it worked superbly. Pointers, web pages, e-mail, etc. all welcomed! Aaron out. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message