Re: SCSI Tape problems

[alvin <alvin iplink net>]

Nelson Brito wrote:
> 
> -> dd if=/dev/st0 of=test.raw
> -> dd: reading `/dev/st0': Input/output error
> -> 0+0 records in
> -> 0+0 records out
> -> dd: closing input file `/dev/st0': Input/output error
> 
> sorry for the dumb sugestion but why don't you try to
> write into the tape instead of reading from it?
> perhaps you're reading from an empty tape!

Are you sure you have the block size set correctly?
I have had problems at times when the tape has been writen on a system
that will write blocks other than 512 bytes. 

try "mt -f /dev/st? setblk 0" and then read the tape.

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