Jerry Lynde wrote:
>
> At 12:39 PM 3/6/2001, Christoph Scheeder wrote:
> >Hi,
> >
> >i hope you tried the command
> > dd if=/dev/nst0 bs=32k skip=1 | tar -xvf -
> >and not the one you have in your mail....
> >
> >as you are running linux, try pulling the image to disk with
> > dd if=/dev/nst0 of=file01
> >and then use
> > dd if=file01 bs=32k skip=1 | tar xvf -
> >on it.
> >dd seems to have problems with some scsi-tapes and the skip option.
> >hope it helps
> >Christoph
> >
> >Jerry Lynde schrieb:
> >
> > > mt -f /dev/nst0 rewind
> > > dd if=/dev/nst0 bs=32 skip=1 | tar xv -
> > --^-- --^--
> > missing k missing f
> > >
> > > but when I use the tar (yes, it's gtar, really) it complains
> > > that the file is not a valid archive. I can restore files using
>
> I wasn't using a k...now that I am using the bs=32k it gives me
> more info on the header.... which is a good thing
>
> but I'm still getting I/O errors on subsequent blocks, aka everything after
> the first header (the amanda tape label)
>
> is this just a flaky tape thing?? I frequently have to relabel tapes
> due to intermittent I/O errors... have I got a bad tape drive here?
Please give us the set of the commands (copy/paste).
>
> Jer
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