I asked this question before, but received no answer. Sorry to post it
again.
The question is a simple one: can I use tar to extract a file from a
tape backup made with a backup application?
On a sarge machine, I have a WangDAT 3100 tape drive from the late
1990s. The tape from which I would
Haines Brown on 2006-07-13 09:48:02 -0400:
I tried:
# tar xvf /dev/st0 *.xyz
tar: /dev/st0: Cannot read: Input/output error
tar: At beginning of tape, quitting now
tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now
When I tried the tvf options for tar, I get the same result.
On Thu, 13 Jul 2006, Alec Berryman wrote:
Haines Brown on 2006-07-13 09:48:02 -0400:
I tried:
# tar xvf /dev/st0 *.xyz
tar: /dev/st0: Cannot read: Input/output error
tar: At beginning of tape, quitting now
tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now
When I tried the tvf
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-
Hash: SHA1
Haines Brown wrote:
I asked this question before, but received no answer. Sorry to
post it again.
The question is a simple one: can I use tar to extract a file
from a tape backup made with a backup application?
Depends on the format. Tape
On Thu, 13 Jul 2006, Ron Johnson wrote:
gpgkeys: HTTP fetch error 7: couldn't connect: eof
Haines Brown wrote:
I asked this question before, but received no answer. Sorry to
post it again.
The question is a simple one: can I use tar to extract a file
from a tape backup made with a
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