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Subject: Re: st0: 262144-byte record too big (reading SGI tar tape)
In-Reply-To: <87hfy6wqgd.fsf@absinthe.shenton.org> from Chris Shenton at "Sep 17, 98 02:21:06 pm"
To: chris@absinthe.shenton.org (Chris Shenton)
Date: Fri, 18 Sep 1998 18:23:52 +0200 (CEST)
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As Chris Shenton wrote...
> 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.

FreeBSD currently cannot handle records > 64kB.

> 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? 

Write another on the SGI..

Wilko
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