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Abdul Salam H S_1
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cpio support for DLT VS80 Tape drive

Hi,
Does cpio work with DLT VS80 tape drive on HP-UX 11i? My data to be backed up is
< 2GB.Any blocking factor needs to be specified? It is found properly working with tar. But giving problem using cpio.

Thanks and Regards,

Abdul Salam
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twang
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Re: cpio support for DLT VS80 Tape drive

cpio now support over 2 GB file, try this tool:

http://hpux.cict.fr/hppd/hpux/Gnu/cpio-2.5/
twang
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Re: cpio support for DLT VS80 Tape drive

Try this command:
# find /tmp -print | cpio -oBv > /dev/rmt/0m
Helen French
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Re: cpio support for DLT VS80 Tape drive

Abdul =))

Yes, cpio will work with DLT VS80 on HP-UX 111i. What type of error are you getting when using cpio? The blocking factors does matter when you use this drive in SCO Unix or Linux. But there were no reference to HP-UX. Read this manual if you haven't already:

http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bc/docs/support/SupportManual/lpg29152/lpg29152.pdf
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Abdul Salam H S_1
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Re: cpio support for DLT VS80 Tape drive

Hello Shiju,

I was getting the error "cannot open /dev/rmt/..". Have you got a DLT VS80 and tried it? Just wanted to make sure before I go to the customer site again.

Thanks,

Abdul Salam