Date: Fri, 11 Aug 2000 18:09:55 -0400 (EDT) From: Damon Hammis <squirrel@hammis.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Why can't I restore? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.10.10008111730010.33894-100000@markl.com>
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I'm completely frustrated and lost at this point.
For some reason or another I can't restore a filesystem from a tape. I
can dump to the tape. I can tar and untar from a tape, but I can't
restore from a tape at all. I've tried this with different tapes,
different drives, and different SCSI cards. I have used two different HP
Surestore DDS-2 drives and two Adaptec 1540 SCSI adapters. This worked
find when I was running 4.0-STABLE, which is where the important tape was
made. Since I've upgraded to 4.1-RELEASE I can't restore at all. Like I
said, tar to and from the tape works, and dump works. However, restore
does not.
Normally I run dump -0uaf /dev/nrsa0 /usr.
Then, mt rew.
Followed by a restore -if /dev/nrsa0
This gives the code Tape read error: Input/Output error
After one or two tries the tape is frozen and I have to do a mt offline to
get the drive to respond again.
The really odd thing is that I can read the tape with my friend's Linux
box and identical drive and card no problem with restore.
Will upgrading to 4.1-STABLE work or maybe downgrading to 4.0-STABLE?
Your help is appreciated.
--Damon
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