Re: [Bug-tar] tar: unable to read LTO4 tapes on a LTO5 drive using tar

[peter.chiu]

thanks, Antonio,

I have downloaded ddrescue, and invoked this command:

ddrescue /dev/st0 /tmp/lto/tar logfile 

The command is still running, and so far the logfile is showing:

frost:/tmp/lto # cat logfile
# Rescue Logfile. Created by GNU ddrescue version 1.16
# Command line: ddrescue /dev/st0 /tmp/lto/tar logfile
# current_pos  current_status
0x00000000     ?
#      pos        size  status
0x00000000  0x7FFFFFFFFFFFFFFF  ?

Not sure what it means. 
Peter

________________________________________
From: Antonio Diaz Diaz address@hidden
Sent: 15 June 2012 16:05
To: address@hidden
Cc: Chiu, Peter (STFC,RAL,RALSP)
Subject: Re: [Bug-tar] tar: unable to read LTO4 tapes on a LTO5 drive using tar

Paul Eggert wrote:
>>we are getting io errors.
>
> Possibly that's because the tape is bad.

If this is the case and the cause are media errors, you can try reading
the tape with ddrescue[1].

[1] http://www.gnu.org/software/ddrescue/ddrescue.html


Regards,
Antonio.
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