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I have two DAT tapes with a .tar on each (from another shop's UNIX system)
that I need to restore.  I set up a RedHat 5.2 box with a 2940 and an HP
1533A DAT drive.  I have upgraded twice (first to Mandrake 6.0, now Mandrake
7.0) but still have the same problem (bear with me, I'm a LINUX newbie)

mt -f /dev/st0 status

returns valid info, such as
SCSI 2 tape drive:
File number=0, block number=0, partition=0.
Tape block size 0 bytes. Density code 0x13 (DDS (61000 bpi)).
Soft error count since last status=0
General status bits on (number):
VARIOUS OPTIONS IN CAPS
(these options vary with the tape in the drive, such as DR_OPEN or WR_PROT)

The problem is when I go to read the tape - I enter

tar -tv /dev/st0

and the console session hangs until I Ctrl-C.

I have other scratch tapes for testing; what do I need to do?

TIA,

James Keirstead
Perigon

(To e-mail, remove the DOT's)

Quote:> The problem is when I go to read the tape - I enter

> tar -tv /dev/st0

> and the console session hangs until I Ctrl-C.

Try tar -tvf /dev/st0.  I think right now tar is waiting for input from
stdin.

or tar -tv < /dev/st0

Thanks to both.  I now have the data.