I'll try initializing the tapes before use next week and let you know than.
Thanks for your help up to now! > ------------ Původní zpráva ------------ > Od: Paul Eggert <[email protected]> > Předmět: Re: [Bug-tar] Possible tar bug > Datum: 30.12.2010 22:24:27 > ---------------------------------------- > Well, I have to admit, I'm at a loss as to why you're > experiencing the bug. Perhaps if you run 'tar' under > GDB you can see why it thinks the tar file is ustar format > rather than GNU format. I expect that it's some unanticipated > confusion between -r (which needs to guess the tar format from > the existing tape) and -M (which allows for multiple tapes, > some of which may be of different formats!). > > One thing that strikes me is this one: > > sudo tar -rMf /dev/st0 /path/G* (tape 7, 8) > > Was tape 8 initialized before this tar -rM command was run > the first time? It could be that you need to initialize > the trailing tapes as well. > > >
