I use a command like: cpio -o -z -v -F /dev/rst0 < in.lst > out.lst
to perform a backup. But when I attempt to index the tape contents using: cpio -i -t -v -z -F /dev/rst0 I get: gzip: /dev/stdin: unrecognized file format cpio: End of archive volume 1 reached Oct 7 11:50:48 sys /bsd: st0: 10-byte record too big Oct 7 11:50:48 sys /bsd: st0: 10-byte record too big ATTENTION! cpio archive volume change required. Ready for archive volume: 1 Input archive name or "." to quit cpio. Archive name > . Quitting cpio! cpio: Sorry, unable to determine archive format. as the result. I've tried this with a few tapes of varying usage although they are all the same age. If I remove "-z" from the commands the write & index work no error messages. I'm running OpenBSD 3.7 (GENERIC) #50 the "st" portion of dmesg is: st0 at scsibus0 targ 1 lun 0: <ECRIX, VXA-1 V219191B, 0001> SCSI2 1/sequential removable st0: density code 0x80, 1024-byte blocks, write-enabled Any suggestions for solving this problem? Thanks, Joe
