topic Re: Ignite tape error in Operating System - HP-UX

Ignite tape error

Edward J. Segura — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 15:51:34 GMT

Any idea why I would get this error after trying to load Ignite tape:
WARNING: Positioning tape failed: I/O error (errno = 5).
WARNING: f_unzip: input not a zip or gzip file
ERROR: read_raw_file: Input not in "gzip" compressed format
ERROR: Tar: blocksize = 0; broken pipe?
ERROR: File: /sbin/fs/lofs/mount not found.
Thanks

Re: Ignite tape error

Torsten. — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 15:55:10 GMT

What was your command?

Or did you boot from tape in order to restore?

Re: Ignite tape error

Edward J. Segura — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 16:02:49 GMT

I booted from a straight Ignite tape Ultruim 2.

Re: Ignite tape error

Torsten. — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 16:08:57 GMT

This tape was created on the same system?

Re: Ignite tape error

Edward J. Segura — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 16:16:28 GMT

Nope, I am trying it on a rp4440 and I believe it was built on a rp5470. Will this be able to recover on a rp7410?

Re: Ignite tape error

Torsten. — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 16:18:42 GMT

What OS release (version/patch date) is stored on this tape? What ignite version was used? Maybe it is too old to support the different hardware.

Re: Ignite tape error

Edward J. Segura — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 16:26:38 GMT

I believe it is 11.i, 64Bit, it seems to load fine until after the filesystems.

Re: Ignite tape error

Torsten. — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 16:42:00 GMT

Does it load the install window?

The I/O error may point to a bad tape or drive also.

Re: Ignite tape error

Edward J. Segura — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 17:44:44 GMT

I does go past the install install window or it wouldn't create filesystems right before the Archive. The tape drive is good.

Re: Ignite tape error

Sp4admin — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 17:54:39 GMT

We had a similar problem and it was the version of ignite. Please verify the version or use the OS DVD.

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