<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I've seen problematic behavior when the tape unit is set to have a > particular block size (that may not match at read time what was used > to write a tape).
That was the problem. In my rc.local file I have: /bin/mt defcompression 0 /bin/mt defblksize 0 But with the mt command broken (it now uses /dev/tape as the default instead of /dev/nst0) I should have had: /bin/mt -f /dev/nst0 defcompression 0 /bin/mt -f /dev/nst0 defblksize 0 Thanks to John Hein and everyone. Steve -- Steven J. Backus Computer Specialist University of Utah E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Genetic Epidemiology Alternate: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 391 Chipeta Way -- Suite D Office: 801.587.9308 Salt Lake City, UT 84108-1266 http://www.math.utah.edu/~backus
