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Date:      Fri, 9 Aug 2002 22:35:38 +0200 (CEST)
From:      Philippe CASIDY <pcasidy@casidy.com>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   [SOLVED] Re: tar: read error on /dev/sa0 : Input/output error
Message-ID:  <200208092041.g79Kf8Z3036734@gueway.home>
In-Reply-To: <200207121447.g6CElmuF030364@gueway.home>

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On 12 Jul, Philippe CASIDY wrote:
> Hi!
> 
> I am trying to read back tape archives i made using a tar.
> 
> These tapes are DDS-2 and DDS-4.
> My drive is
> <SONY SDT-10000 0110>              at scbus0 target 5 lun 0 (pass1,sa0)
> 
> under
> FreeBSD-4.6-Stable
> 
> I type "tar tv" and I have
> tar: read error on /dev/sa0 : Input/output error
> 
> mt status returns
> Mode      Density              Blocksize      bpi      Compression
> Current:  0x13:X3B5/88-185A    1024 bytes     61000    disabled
> ---------available modes---------
> 0:        0x13:X3B5/88-185A    1024 bytes     61000    DCLZ
> 1:        0x13:X3B5/88-185A    1024 bytes     61000    DCLZ
> 2:        0x13:X3B5/88-185A    1024 bytes     61000    DCLZ
> 3:        0x13:X3B5/88-185A    1024 bytes     61000    DCLZ
> ---------------------------------
> Current Driver State: at rest.
> ---------------------------------
> File Number: 0  Record Number: 0        Residual Count 0
> 
> 
> I have tried to enable and disable compression with no success.
> 


I have to for the blocksize to variable by issuing the following
command:

mt blocksize 0

Any explanations why I have to do this, are welcome!

Phil.


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