Adam Sleight wrote:
> have you tried
> tar cvfM /dev/st0 /whatever/directory; mt -f /dev/st0 rewoff
Here's what I get:
[root@linux Stephen]# tar cvfM /dev/st0 /home; mt -f /dev/st0 rewoff
tar: Removing leading `/' from archive names
home/
home/lost+found/
home/ftp/
home/ftp/bin/
home/ftp/bin/compress
tar: WARNING: Cannot close /dev/st0 (3, -1): Input/output error
Prepare volume #2 for /dev/st0 and hit return:
when I hit ctl-c to break out:
/dev/st0: Input/output error
> instead of /dev/st0 you may need to use /dev/nst0
/dev/nst0 gives the same input/output error message that /dev/st0 gives.
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steve
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