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- From: ploeger@aplki.toppoint.de (Andreas Ploeger)
- Subject: Re:Re: Dump/restore problem with DAT-drive (Major hint!!!)
- Message-ID: <1992Dec17.020134.1681@aplki.toppoint.de>
- Sender: ploeger@aplki.toppoint.de
- Reply-To: ploeger@aplki.toppoint.de
- Organization: Andreas Ploeger
- References: <1gkvvfINN66@menudo.uh.edu>
- Date: Thu, 17 Dec 92 02:01:34 GMT
- Lines: 37
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- In article <1gkvvfINN66@menudo.uh.edu> sears@tree.egr.uh.edu (Paul S. Sears)
- writes:
- > In article <1992Dec9.101922.618@nexcom.hanse.de> helmut@nexcom.hanse.de
- > (Helmut Schoenborn) writes:
-
- > #...Trying to restore by
- > #
- > # restore if /dev/rst0
- > #
- > #I receive
- > #
- > # Tape/disk read error: I/O error
- > #...
- >
- > I think this is because your drive is not set to fixed block mode for
- > restore which it was during dump. What I do, and this has ALWAYS worked,
- > is a
- >
- > localhost:4# restore i
- > /dev/rxt0: I/O error
- >
- > Then I do a
- >
- > localhost:5# restore if /dev/nrst0
- >
- > and the restore works just fine.
-
- I (have to) use /etc/restore bf 10 /dev/rst0.
-
- Greetings,
-
- Andreas
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- Andreas Ploeger E-Mail: ploeger@tpki.toppoint.de
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