Message: End of Volume, ...

[Mehran Eisazadeh]

Hi
As I try to restore files from a tape, using "cpio -icdumxB < /dev/rmt/0m" command, the following message is bieng displayed: "End of volume. If you want to go on type device/file name when ready". I answer: "/dev/rmt/0m", and it replys: "User opend file /dev/rmt/0m to continue. End of volume. ...".
What is to done?

[Naveej.K.A]

Is your archive created and continued on to more than one tape??

[Robert-Jan Goossens]

Seems you created a backup on more tapes, cpio is asking for the second tape to continue.

Hope this helps,
Robert-Jan

[Mehran Eisazadeh]

No, I use a larg tape of 24 Gb. There is no second tape.

[Naveej.K.A]

did you face any error while copying the data?? Any problem with the DAT Drive??

does mt -f /dev/rmt/0m status
give the correct information??

revert back
with regards
Naveej

[Mark Grant]

Maybe you have two volumes on the same tape. Try using /dev/rmt/0mn and when it asks for the second volume, try /dev/rmt/0m.

[Mehran Eisazadeh]

Thanks for trying tohelp.
To Naveej: I have not tested with "mt" yet, but I will.
To Mark Grant: I have tested with all the options that a "ioscan -fun" produces for the tape device, including /dev/rmt/0mn, and the result is the same.

Mehran