From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Tue, 15 Jan 2002 12:02:14 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Tue, 15 Jan 2002 12:02:05 -0500 Received: from www.it-optics.com ([194.7.220.135]:65037 "HELO lme.it-optics.com") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id ; Tue, 15 Jan 2002 12:01:51 -0500 To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: IDE-TAPE : having problem with atapi tape backup Message-ID: <1011114244.3c4461045e289@mail.it-optics.com> Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2002 18:04:04 +0100 (CET) From: Michel APPLAINCOURT MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit User-Agent: IMP/PHP IMAP webmail program 2.2.4 X-Originating-IP: 172.16.3.103 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Hi, I know this question has been asked several times but I could not find an answer : I hav a Seagate Travan 20GB Atapi IDE tape, installed on a 2.2.16-22 Linux (Redhat 6.2 version) I had no problem accessing my backup as /dev/ht0, but since a little time (I guess since the archive has got a certain minimum size), error messages showed up on the console like : ide-tape : ht0 : I/O error , pc = 10 , key = 0 , asc = 0 , ascq = 2 couldn't write a filemark I had some problems with files and wanted to get them back from archive, and I cannot access to them, because I get error [root@ulysse backup]# ./restore.sh Level-0 Backup Fri Jan 11 01:10:00 CET 2002 Lecture de `Level-0 Backup Fri Jan 11 01:10:00 CET 2002' tar: Fin prématurée (EOF) rencontrée dans l'archive. tar: Erreur non récupérable: fin de l'exécution immédiate [root@ulysse backup]# telling me i had a EOF too early in the file... what can i do? Is it ide-tape that has problem? Thanks... =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Michel APPLAINCOURT | E-mail : michel.applaincourt@it-optics.com Managing Director | Phone : +32 65 321573 IT-OPTICS s.a | Fax : +32 65 321574 [The boy that you love is the man that you fear] =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-