From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jun 7 13:35:01 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 24C2D16A46B; Thu, 7 Jun 2007 13:35:01 +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 85CAF13C458; Thu, 7 Jun 2007 13:34:59 +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 l57DYrVS094991 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Thu, 7 Jun 2007 15:34:53 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from r.gruyters@yirdis.nl) Received: (from www@localhost) by server.yirdis.net (8.13.8/8.13.8/Submit) id l57DYrH3094990; Thu, 7 Jun 2007 15:34:53 +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; Thu, 07 Jun 2007 15:34:52 +0200 Message-ID: <20070607153452.2hesg4lzz4k4ggs4@server.yirdis.nl> Date: Thu, 07 Jun 2007 15:34:52 +0200 From: Robin Gruyters To: Tim Kientzle 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> In-Reply-To: <46679991.4080302@freebsd.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="=_79r4fvyxnz0g"; 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: Thu, 07 Jun 2007 13:35:01 -0000 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 : >>>> 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: 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: Removable Sequential Access SCSI-3 device sa0: 135.168MB/s transfers > 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--