> Hi! > > I am trying to read back tape archives i made using a tar. > > These tapes are DDS-2 and DDS-4. > My drive is > <SONY SDT-10000 0110> at scbus0 target 5 lun 0 (pass1,sa0) > > under > FreeBSD-4.6-Stable > > I type "tar tv" and I have > tar: read error on /dev/sa0 : Input/output error > > mt status returns > Mode Density Blocksize bpi Compression > Current: 0x13:X3B5/88-185A 1024 bytes 61000 disabled > ---------available modes--------- > 0: 0x13:X3B5/88-185A 1024 bytes 61000 DCLZ > 1: 0x13:X3B5/88-185A 1024 bytes 61000 DCLZ > 2: 0x13:X3B5/88-185A 1024 bytes 61000 DCLZ > 3: 0x13:X3B5/88-185A 1024 bytes 61000 DCLZ > --------------------------------- > Current Driver State: at rest. > --------------------------------- > File Number: 0 Record Number: 0 Residual Count 0 > > > I have tried to enable and disable compression with no success. > > Any advices are welcome. > > Thanks > > Phil. Hi Phil,
I am not sure what your ptoblem is but... - you can try to clean the head of the DDS drive with DDS cleaner cartridge. - try *mt retension*, also Altough I am not sure if tar will rewind the tape before it starts reading, you can try: mt rewind and then tar ... Hope that helps! --Miro To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
