ajayshah@alcor.usc.edu (Ajay Shah) (07/12/90)
My first exayte ever too: I copied four logical files onto the exabyte using a command like tar cvbf 126 /dev/nrst0 directoryname (might have got something garbled there). Files 3 and 4 are fine. I.e., if I say something like mt -f /dev/nrst0 fsf 3 tar tvbf /dev/nrst0 then file 4 lists fine. Ditto with file 3. Attempting to list the contents of File 1 and 2 gives "tar: premature EOF". I wonder why. All within a day of taking the backup. It was a brand new SONY tape. Could it be owing to mishandling/screwups by me? Any other experiences on exabyte reliability. _______________________________________________________________________________ Ajay Shah, (213)747-9991, ajayshah@usc.edu The more things change, the more they stay insane. _______________________________________________________________________________