Re: tlug: Not Linux but a UNIX hardware problem

[Dmytro Kovalev <Dmytro.Kovalev@example.com>]

More suggestions:

1)
  one more parameter (Try to skip the beginning of tape)

  dd ..... skip=<blocks> ....

2)
And (well, may that's OK but anyway) try to rewind tape:

mt -f /dev... rewind

- dmytro

>>>>> "Andrew" == Andrew S Howell <andy@example.com> writes:


>>>>> "Dave" == Dave Gutteridge <dave@example.com> writes:
    >>>> dd if=/dev/... of=... bs=512 count=1228800
    >>> conv=noerror lets dd ignore read errors, if nothing else
    >>> works.

    Dave> Okay, here's what I'm inputting and getting as output:

    Dave> % dd if=nrtape of=/Disk6/DAVE_TAPE/tape bs=512 count=1228800
    Dave> conv=noerror Read error: Not enough space 0+0 records in 0+0
    Dave> records out Read error: Not enough space 1+0 records in

    Dave> Please oh pleae tell me that I am not screwed... There must
    Dave> be a way to get the data off of this tape...

    Andrew> Dave,

    Andrew> 	I think that maybe the "Not enough space" message is
    Andrew> misleading. What happens if you use of=/dev/null ?

    Andrew> That, in theory, should have enough space :)

    Andrew> What about you input device, nrtape. Unless you are in the
    Andrew> /dev directory, that it not correct. Well, it may be
    Andrew> different on irix (??)  but at any rate, it should be the
    Andrew> full path.

    Andrew> What happens if you use a small count=, say 1?

    Andrew> One last thing, have you tried cleaning the drive?

    Andrew> Regards,

    Andrew> 	Andy
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