Here is what I tried I can dd the tape, write to it, but I can not
confirm the data is on the tape.  I am not sure if am not waiting long
enough to check or what.


~# !491
dd if=3D/dev/zero of=3D/dev/st0 count=3D1 bs=3D32768
1+0 records in
1+0 records out
debian:~# !494
tar -cf /dev/nst0 /deleteme/
tar: Removing leading `/' from member names
catapult:~# !497
tar -tf /dev/nst0
debian:~# tar -tf /dev/nst0
tar: /dev/nst0: Cannot read: Input/output error
tar: At beginning of tape, quitting now
tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now



Jim=20


On Sat, 2003-08-09 at 02:29, der.hans wrote:
> Am 08. Aug, 2003 schw=E4tzte elemint@cox.net so:
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> > I can backup to the DLT tape but I can not restore when I execute the
> > following command the cursor just sits there and the file is not
> > restored.
> >
> >
> >  tar -xp /deleteme/etc.squid.tar
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> Is that one of the filenames you backed up?
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> tar -t
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> That'll give you a table of contents of the tar archive.
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> BTW, I recommend using the non-rewind device, /dev/nst0, so you should
> stipulate that on the command line.
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> tar -tf /dev/nst0
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> ciao,
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> der.hans