Hi,
I've seen this - you need to cycle power on the drive.
This probably means a cold reboot.
If the drive was in this state when you wrote the tape,
the backup didn't work and you're stuffed.
Best Regards,
Mark Wilson
P. Kay Associates Ltd.
On Wed, 26 Jul 2000, Jan Neuhoff wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I backup on HP Colorado 8GB IDE with
> tar -cf /dev/ht0 /myFolder/
>
> When I try to restore with
> tar -xf /dev/ht0
>
> I get the Error messages
> /dev/ht0: Cannot read: Input/output error
> At beginning of tape, quitting now
> Error is not recoverable: exiting now
>
> I would appreciate any suggestions?
>
> In advanced thanks for your help.
>
> Jan Neuhoff
>
