Date: Wed, 18 Jun 2003 17:24:33 +0200 From: Gary Jennejohn <garyj@jennejohn.org> To: Daniel Johansson <donnex@donnex.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: write a tar-archive to a ide tapedrive Message-ID: <200306181524.h5IFOXvI010642@peedub.jennejohn.org> In-Reply-To: Message from Daniel Johansson <donnex@donnex.net> of "Wed, 18 Jun 2003 16:27:58 %2B0200." <20030618142758.GA28969@donnex.net>
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Daniel Johansson writes: > Hi, I've got a IDE-tapedrive and it is recognised by FreeBSD 4.8. [snip] > > [root@donnex.net: /dev] tar cf /dev/ast0 /home/ > tar: Removing leading `/' from member names > tar: /dev/ast0: Wrote only 0 of 10240 bytes > tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now > [root@donnex.net: /dev] > I know someone who has an IDE tapedrive, although I can't say whether he has the same model. Anyway, he has to use at least 32 kB blocks when he writes to it. So try this: tar cbf 64 /dev/ast0 <path> Read the tar man page for what the `b' option means. --- Gary Jennejohn / garyj[at]jennejohn.org gj[at]freebsd.org gj[at]denx.de
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