[rhn-users] Error tar.

[cbeerse at gmail.com]

Robert Saylor wrote:

> Try "mt -f /dev/st0 setblk 0"
> Then "mt -f /dev/st0 rewind"

This made me think: there is also /dev/nst0 which points to the same device: 
/dev/st0 does an automatic rewind after each tape action, /dev/nst0 does no such 
rewind. In most cases I recall I use /dev/nst0, with manual `mt /dev/st0 
offline` to unload the tape.


CBee


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> Then try "tar -cvf /dev/st0 ./*"
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> ---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
> From: "cbeerse at gmail.com" <cbeerse at gmail.com>
> Reply-To: Red Hat Network Users List <rhn-users at redhat.com>
> Date:  Mon, 02 May 2005 12:54:44 +0200
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>>Meli Marco wrote:
>>
>>>Hi,
>>>By few weeks I received an error every time tar script runs:
>>>
>>>tar (child): /dev/st0: Wrote only 0 of 10240 bytes
>>>tar (child): Error is not recoverable: exiting now
>>>/etc/cron.d/backup.tape: line 7:  2966 Broken pipe
>>>
>>>Does anyone know what's wrong?
>>
>>No tape in device or other problem with tape in device /dev/st0.
>>
>>From tar point of view, the tape is just not writable.
>>
>>Try cleaning the drive.
>>
>>If you donnot see any troubles with the tape (it is inserted, it is loaded, it 
>>is writable and such) then use the `mt` command to scan the drive (see `man mt` 
>>for details).
>>
>>
>>CBee
>>
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