HarryF1
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tar multi-volume tape
How can I list or unpack any of the archives on a multi-volume tape? Whatever I try, I can just get access of the first volume.
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Try nst0l - this is the low-density interface to the drive. Also, try the nst0m if the other doesn't work. Was the tape written on the same system/drive as you are trying to read it on? If not, that could be the problem - especially if this is a DAT or 8mm, as there are several different drive densities "out there".
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It might sound stupid but it still doesn't work. On nst0l and nst0m I get the message
No such device or address
On nst0 I get the same errors as described above.
It is a DAT drive but the tapes were created on the same machine with the same drive. I even can extract files from the first volume.
When I do a "mt -f /dev/nst0 status" after the first "tar tvf /dev/nst0" I get the line
block number = xxxxx
where xxxx is a number at about 70,000. As far as I can see this is ok.
Thanks for your help.
No such device or address
On nst0 I get the same errors as described above.
It is a DAT drive but the tapes were created on the same machine with the same drive. I even can extract files from the first volume.
When I do a "mt -f /dev/nst0 status" after the first "tar tvf /dev/nst0" I get the line
block number = xxxxx
where xxxx is a number at about 70,000. As far as I can see this is ok.
Thanks for your help.
ASKER
I'm on Linux and I use SCSI tape 0. I have the following devices which include "st0" in their name:
nrmt0, nst0, nst0a, nst0l, nst0m, rmt0, st0, st0a, st0l, st0m
I tried it with nrmt0, nst0, rmt0 and st0 but without succes. When I start tar the 2nd time I get
tar: Blocksize = 16 records
On all next starts I get
tar: Read error on /dev/xxx: I/O error
tar: At beginning of tape, quitting now
Any idea?
Harry