On a sarge machine, I have a WangDAT 3100 tape drive from the late 1990s. The tape from which I would like to recover certain files was made back in 1998 with bru.
I loaded the module for it: # insmod st $ lsmod | grep st st 29112 0 (unused) scsi_mod 95108 4 (autoclean) [st ide-scsi sd_mod aic7xxx] $ cat /proc/scsi/scsi Host: scsi0 Channel: 00 Id: 02 Lun: 00 Vender: WangDAT Model: Model 3100 Rev: 02.2 Type: Sequential Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02 I insert a tape, the LED blinks many times and then remains on. # mt -f /dev/st0 status drive type = Generic SCSI-2 tape drive status = 318767616 sense key error = 0 file number = -1 block number = -1 Tape block size 512 byte. Density code 0x13 (DDS (61000 bpi)). Soft error count since last status = 0 General status bits on (1010000); ONLINE IM_REP_EN Now (in my ignorance) 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. Can I extract individual files this way from a tape made in the first place with bru? -- Haines Brown KB1GRM ET1(SS) U.S.S. Irex SS-482 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]