DLT Tape can not Restore

"tar -tf /dev/nst0" finally worked results below, altough I still can
not restore from the tape. Also what is wierd is that I do some
commands like tar and cpio and then I start getting I/O error messages I
wait a while sometimes only minutes usually longer and then the commands
work sucsessfully. Is the problem that the tape is still working on
completeing one command and now I just gave it another but it is not
done with the first?

Well below is a sucsessful "tar -tf /dev/nst0" with the results the only
problem is that I did not know the syntax that cpio wanted when I was
restoring for device name/filename and then it finally brought up an I/O
when I typed in just the device name. =20


Do I need to rewind the tape before I can restore from it? =20



hostname:~# tar -tf /dev/nst0
deleteme/
deleteme/hello.delete
deleteme/delete.backup.test


catapult:/deleteme# cpio -im 'delete.backup.test' < /dev/nst0
Found end of tape. To continue, type device/file name when ready.
/dev/nst0/delete.backup.test
cpio: /dev/nst0/delete.backup.test: Not a directory
To continue, type device/file name when ready.
delete.backup.test
cpio: delete.backup.test: No such file or directory
To continue, type device/file name when ready.
tape/delete.backup.test
cpio: tape/delete.backup.test: No such file or directory
To continue, type device/file name when ready.
/deleteme/delete.backup.test
cpio: /deleteme/delete.backup.test: No such file or directory
To continue, type device/file name when ready.
delete.backup.test
cpio: delete.backup.test: No such file or directory
To continue, type device/file name when ready.
/dev/nst0
cpio: read error: Input/output error


Any assistance greatly appreciated. =20


Jim






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