From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jun 4 08:16:08 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6673916A400 for ; Mon, 4 Jun 2007 08:16:08 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from r.gruyters@yirdis.nl) Received: from mail.yirdis.nl (82-148-208-109.fiber.unet.nl [82.148.208.109]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E275413C46C for ; Mon, 4 Jun 2007 08:16:07 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from r.gruyters@yirdis.nl) Received: from server.yirdis.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mail.yirdis.nl (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id l548G4HK034256 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Mon, 4 Jun 2007 10:16:04 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from r.gruyters@yirdis.nl) Received: (from www@localhost) by server.yirdis.net (8.13.8/8.13.8/Submit) id l548G34D034250; Mon, 4 Jun 2007 10:16:03 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from r.gruyters@yirdis.nl) X-Authentication-Warning: server.yirdis.net: www set sender to r.gruyters@yirdis.nl using -f Received: from hp-xw4300-02.yirdis.nl (hp-xw4300-02.yirdis.nl [10.8.0.29]) by server.yirdis.nl (Horde MIME library) with HTTP; Mon, 04 Jun 2007 10:16:03 +0200 Message-ID: <20070604101603.f0ki85am800wso0k@server.yirdis.nl> Date: Mon, 04 Jun 2007 10:16:03 +0200 From: Robin Gruyters To: "Daniel O'Connor" References: <20070601114047.z6qgi686os4ogw4o@server.yirdis.nl> <200706012334.33673.doconnor@gsoft.com.au> <20070601160948.wcee59gu04okswo4@server.yirdis.nl> <200706020852.21208.doconnor@gsoft.com.au> In-Reply-To: <200706020852.21208.doconnor@gsoft.com.au> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="=_2ymv5iycwoys"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg="pgp-sha1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit User-Agent: Internet Messaging Program (IMP) H3 (4.1.1) / FreeBSD-5.4 X-Virus-Scanned: OK Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Unrecognized archive format with RELENG_6_2 and RELENG_6 X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 04 Jun 2007 08:16:08 -0000 This message is in MIME format and has been PGP signed. --=_2ymv5iycwoys Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; DelSp="Yes"; format="flowed" Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Quoting Daniel O'Connor : > On Friday 01 June 2007 23:39, Robin Gruyters wrote: >> > What happens if you try >> > tar -b 128 -tf /dev/sa0 >> >> Same problem. >> >> > What did you upgrade from? Some gnutar using system I guess? (5.x >> > or 4.x?) >> >> I'd upgraded from FreeBSD 6.1-RELEASE-p10 > > OK. > Can you read the archive as a normal file from the tape? eg dd > if=3D/dev/sa0 of=3D/tmp/foo > > If so does it work? Are you getting errors reading from the drive, or > just the tar file is broken? > Nope, it doesn't work. # dd if=3D/dev/sa0 of=3D/data3/tmp/bla dd: /dev/sa0: Input/output error 0+0 records in 0+0 records out 0 bytes transferred in 0.005972 secs (0 bytes/sec) # When setting the correct blocksize, it does work: # dd if=3D/dev/sa0 of=3D/data3/tmp/bla bs=3D65536 count=3D32 32+0 records in 32+0 records out 2097152 bytes transferred in 9.698233 secs (216241 bytes/sec) # This morning I have revert libarchive (src/lib/libarchive) and tar =20 (src/usr.bin/tar) back to RELENG_6_1 and surprisingly (or maybe not) =20 it works fine now. Maybe tar doesn't use the -b option when listing the content? (-t) Kind regards, Robin Gruyters Network and Security Engineer Yirdis B.V. I: http://yirdis.com P: +31 (0)36 5300394 F: +31 (0)36 5489119 --=_2ymv5iycwoys Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Description: PGP Digital Signature Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.3 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQBGY8pDLh3hlgHmc7MRAvILAKC1rl4ly9oATlcC/UV3nM5gUkMzpQCgwz/9 mMzpl+8WkLUU+i/+hKmDews= =lDh8 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=_2ymv5iycwoys--