On Thu, 2004-09-09 at 13:15, John Clarke wrote: > tar: /dev/st0: Cannot read: Input/output error
This means that there is no Tape Mark on the tape, meaning that the tape was probably written using a no-rewind device, and you failed to explicitly write a tape mark (see mt(1) for more information). The "fix" is to write the tape properly in the first place. The auto-rewind device usually writes two tape marks when you call close(). I have been using SCSI tape drives (ExaByte and DAT) for years on Linux with few problems. While I have been mostly happy with tapes under linux, recently I purchased a DVD+R burner, and while I need 4 per backup set, they are much faster to write, and *much* easier to restore from or just browse. I read in all my tapes, wrote out DVDs, and transferred the tape drives into external enclosures and put them in a box in a cupboard with the old backup tapes. In 10 years I'll probably throw them all away (did this last year with all my ancient 0.5" stuff. OK, so I've been an IT bower bird for the last 20 years). -- Peter Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
signature.asc
Description: This is a digitally signed message part
-- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html