Hi I'm doing
/sbin/restore -i /dev/ftape
and I get this message:
/sbin/restore: tape read error: Invalid argument
in /var/log/messages I receive:
Jan 5 08:25:58 golux kernel: ftape v4.03-pre-4 06/30/99
Jan 5 08:25:58 golux kernel:
Jan 5 08:25:58 golux kernel: (c) 1993-1996 Bas Laarhoven
Jan 5 08:25:58 golux kernel: (c) 1995-1996 Kai Harrekilde-Petersen
Jan 5 08:25:58 golux kernel: (c) 1996-1998 Claus-Justus Heine
([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Jan 5 08:25:58 golux kernel:
Jan 5 08:25:58 golux kernel: QIC-117 driver for QIC-40/80/3010/3020/Ditto
2GB/MAX floppy tape drives.
Jan 5 08:25:58 golux kernel: Compiled for Linux version 2.2.5-15
Jan 5 08:25:58 golux kernel: installing QIC-117 floppy tape hardware drive
...
Jan 5 08:25:58 golux kernel: ftape_init @ 0xc800c148.
Jan 5 08:25:59 golux kernel: zftape for ftape v4.03-pre-4 06/30/99
Jan 5 08:25:59 golux kernel: fdc-internal.c: fdc_internal_register @
0xc80361b0.
Jan 5 08:25:59 golux kernel: [000] 0 fdc-internal.c (fdc_int_detect) -
FC-20 controller found.
Jan 5 08:25:59 golux kernel: [001] 0 fdc-internal.c (fdc_int_detect) -
fdc[0] base: 0x0180, irq: 6, dma: 2.
Jan 5 08:26:02 golux kernel: [002] 0 ftape-ctl.c (ftape_get_drive_status)
- error status set.
What's going on here? I badly need to restore files from this tape.
I used dump to archive them.
Thanks,
Adam
--
Adam Finkelstein
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://metalab.unc.edu/bees/adamf
