Hi!,

> Hi I'm doing
> /sbin/restore -i /dev/ftape
> 
> and I get this message:
> 
> /sbin/restore: tape read error: Invalid argument

Have a look at:

http://www.correct.nl/~ftape/ftapefaq-3.html#ss3.6

Maybe this can help you solve the problem. Probably the block size of "restore" 
doesn't match that of "ftape".

> Jan  5 08:25:58 golux kernel: ftape v4.03-pre-4 06/30/99
>
> [...]
> 
> What's going on here? I badly need to restore files from this tape.
> I used dump to archive them.

I'm, not sure I would use a "pre"-Version if I badly need the backup...

Have fun!

Sebastian

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