> I think this might be a hardware compatibility problem, but you be the > judge. > > Using tar, I can write a tape archive to the scsi dat drive (tar cvf > /dev/st0 /usr/kbmosas) without any errors but when I try to read the tape > back (tar tvf /dev/st0 or tar xvf /dev/st0), I get the following > messages > intermingled with the verbose output from tar listing the files in the > archive; > > tar: Skipping to next header > tar: Archive contains obsolescent base-64 headers > tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors > > The messages do not seem to be consistent - sometimes the base-64 header > message does not happen and once or twice out of about ten or twenty > tries, > I can read the tape back without an error. It seems like the bigger the > backup the more likely the problem.
you're not hitting the 2Gb limit (with some tar) are you? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
