On Wed, Sep 28, 2005 at 10:18:18AM -0400, Ralph Eagle wrote: > Ran the tar through buffer:
Yes, but you didn't give tar an output block size. > shinzon:~# find /usr/kbmosas/std | buffer | tar zcvf /dev/st0 -T - Try: mt -f /dev/st0 setblk 32768 find /usr/kbmosas/std | tar zcvf /dev/st0 -T -b 64 - (if the drive doesn't accept 32768, try 16384, and -b 32 with tar) That way, the tape drive and tar both use the same blocksize. Frank -- "Debugging is twice as hard as writing the code in the first place. Therefore, if you write the code as cleverly as possible, you are, by definition, not smart enough to debug it." - Brian W. Kernighan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
