cpio

[Prathap_1]

Hi
I am trying to read the contents of the tape with the cpio -icBvt /dev/rmt/1m. It is getting hanged there. Can anyone help me out. Help me out in extracting the tape to disk.

Thanks
Prathap.

[harry d brown jr]

DO this:

dd if=/dev/rmt/1m of=/large_diskarea


live free or die
harry

[Sanjay_6]

Hi Pratap,

Try

cpio -itBv < /dev/rmt/1m

Are you using the redirector "<". Also You are using the "c" as well as "t" option,

c --> Copy (extract)
t --> List Contents (No extract)

Try this,

cpio -itBvdl < /dev/rmt/1m
to list contents of tape

cpio -icBvdul < /dev/rmt/1m
to extract contents of tape to disk. Keep an eye on the path it is extracting to.

Hope this helps.

Regds

[S.K. Chan]

You must use the same options to read the tape that were used to write it.
# cpio -itcvB < /dev/rmt/1m
should work.

[Prathap_1]

Hi Sanjay
Thanks for the info. I have tried the options given by you. I am getting the error called 'Out of Phase--get help', Perhaps the C option should not be used.

Thanks
Prathap.

[H.Merijn Brand (procura]

don't forget the (too large) block size in order not to miss any bits:

dd if=./dev/rmt/1m ibs=102400 of=tape.cpio
file tape.cpio

if cpio still has trouble reading the data, try to use GNU's version of cpio and omit the -c argument. GNU's cpio will try to find out itself and understands more cpio formats than native HP-UX cpio.

GNU cpio can be found and installed from e.g. ftp://download.xs4all.nl/pub/mirror/gnu/cpio/cpio-2.4.2.tar.gz (I couln't find a precompiler binary for HP-UX)

[Sanjay_6]

Hi Pratap,

Try these links,

http://us-support3.external.hp.com/cki/bin/doc.pl/sid=a8192c390200bbbf49/screen=ckiDisplayDocument?docId=200000007948508

http://us-support3.external.hp.com/cki/bin/doc.pl/sid=a8192c390200bbbf49/screen=ckiDisplayDocument?docId=200000024598480

Hope this helps.

Regds

[Prathap_1]

Hi Sanjoy
I tried the solutions given in the links. Still I am getting the error. If I specify the 'c' option, I am getting the error C option should not be used. I I did't specify the 'c' option, I am getting the error 'C' option should be used.

Thanks
Prathap.

[H.Merijn Brand (procura]

Here's a precompiled GNU cpio binary

put it somewhere in your path and issue

# ncpio --io-size=102400 -i -t -v
and tell us what happens

[Aftab Sadiq]

Hi Prathap,
Did you rewind the tape first? Rewind the tape first with
mt -t /dev/rmt/1m rew
and then use cpio command to list the contents

I hope this will help

Aftab