Re: [PLUG] help!

[Mental Patient <mental@neverlight.com>]

On Fri, 2002-09-27 at 10:34, W. Chris Shank wrote:
> i'm trying to get data off a tape, but i can't mount the tape or yank the
> tar archive off it. do i need to initialize the tape? it's been so long
> since i've done this, i forget what i'm doing? any hints please?
> 
>

If you're certain its tar data on the tape (and not ufsdump or cpio or
whatever), use the block device as the filename to untar. Use  mt to
rewind/fast forward the tape.

eg:
tar xvf /dev/nst0 
mt -f /dev/nst0 fsf 1

Ring any bells?


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I am not alone in
This body, this body holding me, feeling eternal
All this pain is an illusion.

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