Skip site navigation (1)Skip section navigation (2)
Date:      17 Sep 1998 14:21:06 -0400
From:      Chris Shenton <chris@absinthe.shenton.org>
To:        questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Cc:        scsi@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   st0: 262144-byte record too big (reading SGI tar tape)
Message-ID:  <87hfy6wqgd.fsf@absinthe.shenton.org>

next in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
I'm trying to restore files from tar image tape made on an
SGI. Whether I use "dd" or "tar" I get the same complaint in syslog:

	st0: 262144-byte record too big

I've tried various "bs=" and "conv=" to dd but get the same error so I
suspect the "st" driver is upset with the tape. 262144 bytes is 256KB
which seems unlikely to be a coincidence.

This is on an Archive (Connor/Seagate) Python 4mm DDS2 which I've used
successfully for Amanda. Kernel is 2.2.7-STABLE with a 2.2.6-STABLE
OS.

Any hints on how to recover this tape? 

To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org
with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message



Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?87hfy6wqgd.fsf>