[LUNI] restore: tape read error on first record

[Richard Reina]

1) Was the tape rewound?
yes
2)What command was used for the backup? 
/sbin/dump/ 0uf /dev/nst0 /var
3) Blocksize?
I don't know to tell this.
4) cat /dev/nst0
starts out slow with some unitelligable output.  Then my screen starts flying.

mt -f /dev/nst0 status gives me:

SCSI 2 tape drive:
File number=0, block number=30091, partition=0.
Tape block size 0 bytes. Destiny code 0x26 (DDS-4 or QIC-4GB)
Soft error count since last status=0
General status bits on (1010000):
 ONLINE IM_REP_EN

"Kenneth P. Stox" <ken at stox.org> wrote: Just a few ideas:

1) Was the tape rewound?
2) What command was used for the backup? 
3) Blocksize?
4) try cat'ing the tape device. If you get I/O errors, try cleaning the
drive. If that doesn't work, open the window before jumping, it's neater
that way.

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