Hi All
I have been given a tape with "useful data" on. I dont know how the data is
put on the tape so cant figure out how to get to it. I have tried to use tar
to read directly from tape-device but it doesnt recognize anything.
Please enlight me with some tape-basics on how to investigate an unkn
Mats Blomstrand wrote:
Hi All
I have been given a tape with "useful data" on. I dont know how the data is
put on the tape so cant figure out how to get to it. I have tried to use tar
to read directly from tape-device but it doesnt recognize anything.
Please enlight me with some tape-basics on how
Essentially, you just dd the first 4k or so from each "tape file" into a
uniquely-named file, then skip to the next "tape file" with mt(1).
I've had good luck with something like the following (sorry, don't have
source handy right here):
- 8< cut here >8 -
#!/bin/YOUR_SHELL_HERE
I=1
SKIP=0
On Thu, Apr 22, 2004 at 11:01:26AM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Essentially, you just dd the first 4k or so from each "tape file" into a
> uniquely-named file, then skip to the next "tape file" with mt(1).
Then, if the files' format isn't immediately obvious, you can use
the "file" command to
On Wed, Apr 21, 2004 at 01:07:18PM +0200, Mats Blomstrand wrote:
> Hi All
>
> I have been given a tape with "useful data" on. I dont know how the data is
> put on the tape so cant figure out how to get to it. I have tried to use tar
> to read directly from tape-device but it doesnt recognize anyth
