Hi Frank,
Yes, but you didn't give tar an output block size.
shinzon:~# find /usr/kbmosas/std | buffer | tar zcvf /dev/st0 -T -
Try:
mt -f /dev/st0 setblk 32768
find /usr/kbmosas/std | tar zcvf /dev/st0 -T -b 64 -
Ok - here's what I got:
ran this -
shinzon:~# mt -f /dev/st0 setblk 32768
shinzon:~# find /usr/kbmosas/std | tar zcvbf 64 /dev/st0 -T -
tar finished without error 110 files, 1.2MB
Now, read it back and BAM:
shinzon:~# tar tzvbf 64 /dev/st0
incomplete literal tree
drwxrws--- root/users 0 2005-08-25 10:10:35 usr/kbmosas/std/
-rw-rw---- root/users 7516 2005-08-25 10:31:52 usr/kbmosas/std/_amort
-rw-rw---- root/users 5872 2005-08-25 10:31:52 usr/kbmosas/std/_ascii
-rw-rw---- root/users 2127 2005-08-25 10:31:52 usr/kbmosas/std/_browse
-rw-rw---- root/users 6494 2005-08-25 10:31:52 usr/kbmosas/std/_bundle
-rw-rw---- root/users 8624 2005-08-25 10:31:52 usr/kbmosas/std/_calc
gzip: stdin: invalid compressed data--format violated
tar: Unexpected EOF in archive
tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now
That way, the tape drive and tar both use the same blocksize.
Frank
Good try Frank, thanks for the input - I really think I'm dealing with a
hardware issue.
Ralph Eagle
Kubinski Business Systems
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