ooops, lucky I got the disk backup, I get Input Output errors on the original tape, other tapes work fine. Thanks for that command. Does one of the options display the files on the tape?
> -----Original Message----- > From: Jon Biddell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, 9 April 2002 5:39 PM > To: Simon Bryan; Slug > Subject: RE: [SLUG] Help with backup tape > > > At 16:52 9/04/02 +1000, Simon Bryan wrote: > >Thanks to those who answered my queries here this afternoon. The > result of > >the disaster recovery was that i was able to get the dodgy HDD > back up one > >more time, so used Samba to drag all the files over onto a CD using XP > >(sorry about that). We then installed the new 60GB HDD and am currently > >copying the files back again. > > > >Initial testing indicates a complete recovery...phew! > > > >Thanks again, even though I never got the tape working, I now have a bit > >more breathing space to do so. > > > Simon, > > When you have a moment, try using "mt" to access the tape - at least that > will tell you if the SCSI interface is accepting commands; > > mt -f /dev/sto status (or rewind, or erase, etc) > > Jon -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
