Re: Error on running tar -zxvf /dev/st0

[Randy Kelsoe]

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Hi Randy,

I took your advice, ran the below and got:

[EMAIL PROTECTED] dev]# ls st0*
st0  st0a  st0l  st0m
[EMAIL PROTECTED] dev]#
[EMAIL PROTECTED] dev]# tar tvf /dev/st0m
tar: /dev/st0m: Cannot read: No such device or address
tar: At beginning of tape, quitting now
tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now
 

Ok, let's verify the tape drive, just to be sure:

Put a writeable, blank tape (or one you can overwrite) in the drive.

cd /boot
tar cvf /dev/st0 *
(this will store the files in the /boot dir to the tape)
Once you get the prompt back, type:
tar tvf /dev/st0

You should get a list of files that matches the list of files in your 
/boot dir.
If you get an error, post it back to this list.



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