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Article #774Re: gnutar -r
From: Mario Klebsch DG1AM
Date: Thu, 20 Aug 1992 14:55
Date: Thu, 20 Aug 1992 14:55
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pascoe@rocky.gte.com (Dave Pascoe) writes: >I have been trying to use gnutar -rvf to append an archive and I've >been getting the following errors: >>gnutar: can't write to /dev/rst0: : I/O error >gnutar: Blocksize = 1 records >and on the console: > st0: Error for command 'write', Error Level: 'Fatal' > Block: 141219 File Number: 0 > Sense Key: Illegal Request >st0: Error for command 'write file mark', Error Level: 'Fatal' > Block: 141219 File Number: 0 > Sense Key: Illegal Request I think the problem is the tape drive. Once I tried to write another file to a tape I tried: mt fsf 1 tar -cv . and tar also wasn't able to write the archive. It seems that the tape drive can write multiple files only when it doesn't read anything between writing those files. I think it cannot switch from read mode to write mode in the middle of the tape. So gnu stuff can't do anything against. Mario mkl@rob.cs.tu-bs.de
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!dtix!darwin.sura.net!Sirius.dfn.de!tubsibr!mkl From: mkl@rob.cs.tu-bs.de (Mario Klebsch DG1AM) Newsgroups: gnu.misc.discuss Subject: Re: gnutar -r Message-ID: <mkl.714322503@tick> Date: 20 Aug 92 14:55:03 GMT References: <1992Aug19.200225.28831@europa.asd.contel.com> Sender: postnntp@ibr.cs.tu-bs.de (nntp inews entry) Organization: TU Braunschweig, Informatik, Bueltenweg, Germany Lines: 27