At 12:39 PM 3/6/2001, Christoph Scheeder wrote:
>Hi,
>
>i hope you tried the command
> dd if=/dev/nst0 bs=32k skip=1 | tar -xvf -
>and not the one you have in your mail....
>
>as you are running linux, try pulling the image to disk with
> dd if=/dev/nst0 of=file01
>and then use
> dd if=file01 bs=32k skip=1 | tar xvf -
>on it.
>dd seems to have problems with some scsi-tapes and the skip option.
>hope it helps
>Christoph
>
>Jerry Lynde schrieb:
>
> > mt -f /dev/nst0 rewind
> > dd if=/dev/nst0 bs=32 skip=1 | tar xv -
> --^-- --^--
> missing k missing f
> >
> > but when I use the tar (yes, it's gtar, really) it complains
> > that the file is not a valid archive. I can restore files using
I wasn't using a k...now that I am using the bs=32k it gives me
more info on the header.... which is a good thing
but I'm still getting I/O errors on subsequent blocks, aka everything after
the first header (the amanda tape label)
is this just a flaky tape thing?? I frequently have to relabel tapes
due to intermittent I/O errors... have I got a bad tape drive here?
Jer
