Date: Thu, 07 Jun 2007 15:34:52 +0200 From: Robin Gruyters <r.gruyters@yirdis.nl> To: Tim Kientzle <kientzle@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Unrecognized archive format with RELENG_6_2 and RELENG_6 Message-ID: <20070607153452.2hesg4lzz4k4ggs4@server.yirdis.nl> In-Reply-To: <46679991.4080302@freebsd.org> References: <20070601114047.z6qgi686os4ogw4o@server.yirdis.nl> <200706020852.21208.doconnor@gsoft.com.au> <20070604101603.f0ki85am800wso0k@server.yirdis.nl> <200706052131.44320.doconnor@gsoft.com.au> <46658EEB.5000008@freebsd.org> <20070606084406.8v6nkbtv9csgs880@server.yirdis.nl> <46679991.4080302@freebsd.org>
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This message is in MIME format and has been PGP signed. --=_79r4fvyxnz0g Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; DelSp="Yes"; format="flowed" Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Quoting Tim Kientzle <kientzle@freebsd.org>: >>>> This morning I have revert libarchive (src/lib/libarchive) and tar >>>> (src/usr.bin/tar) back to RELENG_6_1 and surprisingly (or maybe not) >>>> it works fine now. >> >> After that I try to read/list the tar from tape with tar -t: >> $ sudo tar -tf /dev/sa0 >> archive.dmp >> tar: Unrecognized archive format: Inappropriate file type or format >> >> But when I extract the archive from tape, it works perfectly: >> $ sudo tar -xvf /dev/sa0 >> x archive.dmp > > What SCSI controller are you using? This could > conceivably be an issue with a particular SCSI > controller. > > A few lines from 'dmesg' could help here. > Here you go ciss0: <HP Smart Array 6i> port 0x4000-0x40ff mem =20 0xfdff0000-0xfdff1fff,0xfdf800 00-0xfdfbffff irq 51 at device 3.0 on pci4 ciss0: [GIANT-LOCKED] .. sa0 at ciss0 bus 33 target 5 lun 0 sa0: <HP C7438A V312> Removable Sequential Access SCSI-3 device sa0: 135.168MB/s transfers <cut> > P.S. In the meantime, of course, tar from 6.1 and > gtar should both work in this situation. > Yep, at the moment I have switched the tar release back to the one from 6.1. 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 --=_79r4fvyxnz0g 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) iD8DBQBGaAl8Lh3hlgHmc7MRAh11AJ9bh+xiEyXzkmO9IGC1zpuYHTwo2gCeMR9P ZJTRBEm73OkQ5cdz5/kRRw4= =230z -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=_79r4fvyxnz0g--
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