I did a typo in the command -
restore -ivfb /dev/st0 1024
On Sat, 12 Jan 2002, Corey Madden wrote:
> I made a tape archive to an 8mm Exabyte 8205 DX tape drive using a Sun Ultra 1
>workstation running Solaris 2.5.1
> I am trying to extract it on RedHat 7.1 linux box utilizing the same tape
You do not specify what you used to write to tape as far as software. My
guess is you used ufsdump and you are trying to restore using
restore. Sun. in modifying dump/restore to create ufsdump/ufsrestore made
one major change that causes cross-platform grief - they changed the
default to 1024
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Sent: Saturday, January 12, 2002 9:56 AM
Subject: linux vs sun incompatiblity ???
I made a tape archive to an 8mm Exabyte 8205 DX
tape drive using a Sun Ultra 1 workstation running Solaris 2.5.1
I am trying to extract it on RedHat 7.1 linux box
utilizing the same tape drive, mine is interal while
The tape drive mentioned in this post is an 8505
DX, not an 8205
sorry
- Original Message -
From: Corey Madden
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Sent: Saturday, January 12, 2002 9:56 AM
Subject: linux vs sun incompatiblity ???
I made a tape archive to an 8mm Exabyte 8205 DX
tape drive using
I made a tape archive to an 8mm Exabyte 8205 DX
tape drive using a Sun Ultra 1 workstation running Solaris 2.5.1
I am trying to extract it on RedHat 7.1 linux box
utilizing the same tape drive, mine is interal while the creating drive was
external.
There is a way to do this as I have done i
