read tape drive

[shiuhrong]

hi, how could i read my dds4 tape media in my Linux? I try tar xvf /dev/nst0, it give me some error.

[Joseph Loo]

hi,

did u try:

# tar tf /dev/nst0
to list files in directory
# tar tf filename.tar
to list files in tar archive

regards.

[shiuhrong]

tar tf /dev/nst0 not working for me.

[Joseph Loo]

may i know the error message? tar tf or tar tvf should list content of the tape.

unless the device name of the tape drive is wrong??

regards.

[Shaikh Imran]

Hi,
Assuming that you are using DDS4 drive only.
What does this give
# mt -f /dev/nst0 status

Regards,

[Stuart Browne]

How did you create the tape?

With the tape in the drive, use:

file -s /dev/nst0; echo $?

what does it return?