Re: Pertec MyTape 3200 (QIC 3020)

[Keith G. Murphy]

Rodney Fisk wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> Sorry it took so long to reply, but it was my day off and I am trying
> desperately to have a life. ;)
> Here's the log entries you asked for.
> About 350 lines worth.
> The tar command began fine, as it always does, and then locks up into an
> unkillable process.
> The only way to stop it is to remove the tape from the drive (after several
> minutes of waiting),
> which kills the tar process immediately.

Sorry if this is irrelevant (chances are 99% it is), but you're *not*
using a "z" option on tar to get compression, are you?  I believe there
is a known problem with this...