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Re: tape error

 
Eric Zumwalt_1
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‎06-18-2004 08:19 AM

‎06-18-2004 08:19 AM

tape error

Hi,

I'm trying to restore from tape using this command: tar xvf /dev/rmt/0m and I receive this error,

Tar: blocksize = 2
directory checksum error

Any ideas what this means.

Thanks,
HP-PB 100BT LAN/9000 driver install
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Sridhar Bhaskarla
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‎06-18-2004 08:25 AM

‎06-18-2004 08:25 AM

Re: tape error

Hi,

This means either this tape was not probably created with tar. Are you sure it has a tar image?

Try with 'frecover' and see if it responds.

frecover -x -I /tmp/index -f /dev/rmt/0m

If that doesn't then try with cpio etc.,

-Sri
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Eric Zumwalt_1
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‎06-18-2004 08:50 AM

‎06-18-2004 08:50 AM

Re: tape error

Thanks,

Figured out what happened. It was in tar format but someone over wrote the tape using frecover.
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