Gene, > Humm, are you saying that amlabel works and can read the label > written, but that dd doesn't/cannot? Back to 'man dd' as it exists > on that Irix system would be my next suggestion.
Remembering that I'd set the blocksize on the device and relabeled yesterday I tried this. samar 160# mt -f /dev/sdlt2 rewind samar 161# dd of=/dev/sdlt2 bs=32k if=./scratch 1+0 records in 1+0 records out Which worked fine. I then tried to re-write the label with dd samar 170# dd of=/dev/sdlt2 obs=32k if=./scratch 64+0 records in 1+0 records out "bs" block size, "obs" outpub BS, (there is an IBS also, which I am afraid of developing should this not resolve soon) Actually the xfsrestore file is a link to the executable in the /usr/sbin directory. It does make sense, after a fashion (why not a link for the xfsdump executable as well). > >samar 126# which xfsrestore > >/sbin/xfsrestore > >samar 127# which xfsdump > >/usr/sbin/xfsdump I'm now going to attempt to run amdump with a much shorter disklist and see if I can't get a rational result on this tape. --- Brian R Cuttler [EMAIL PROTECTED] Computer Systems Support (v) 518 486-1697 Wadsworth Center (f) 518 473-6384 NYS Department of Health Help Desk 518 473-0773