On Fri, Jan 07, 2005 at 03:40:12PM -0500, Brian Cuttler wrote: > > samar 24# mt -f /dev/sdlt2 blksize > > Recommended tape I/O size: 131072 bytes (256 512-byte blocks) > Minimum block size: 4 byte(s) > Maximum block size: 16777212 bytes > Current block size: Variable > > I am using /dev/sdlt2 link to /dev/rmt/tps1d4nrns - no rewind, non-byte swap > device. I am no longer using the trailing 'v' device which would normally > provide variable length blocks. >
Brian, as you were using the 'v', might the data on the tapes have been written with some > 32K block size? All of your dd's seem to fail after the header. How about trying a couple of mt fsf # to some file in the middle (on the no rewind device), then do dd's with bs=128k and/or bs=1024k and/or bs=16384k. jl -- Jon H. LaBadie [EMAIL PROTECTED] JG Computing 4455 Province Line Road (609) 252-0159 Princeton, NJ 08540-4322 (609) 683-7220 (fax)
