Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 10 Jan 2001 01:33:52 +0100 (MET) | From | Mikael Pettersson <> | Subject | Re: Ftape bug |
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On Tue, 9 Jan 2001, Tony Sumner wrote:
>I have a problem with ftape. What happened was that I had a backup on >QIC80 tape that I made from Red Hat 5.2 and I (foolishly?) installed >SuSE 7.0. I then found I could not read the tape with the newer version >of ftape. >... >Kernel version: was 2.0.36, now 2.2.16 > >ftape version: 3.04d >... >what went wrong: tob reported 'No input'. The log in /var/spool/messages > had a report from ftape to say that it was looking at a > new cartridge. An extract from the log is below. It was not > a new cartridge -- I have been able to read it by reloading > kernel 2.0.36 and the corresponding version 2.08 of ftape.
Right. I'm pretty sure ftape-3.04d (as included in current 2.2 and 2.4 kernels) doesn't maintain read-compatibility with ftape-2.08. (See Documentation/ftape.txt "Changes", and drivers/char/ftape/RELEASE-NOTES about "sftape" being gone.)
I think your best bet is to read the tape using your 2.0.36 kernel with ftape 2.08, reboot into 2.2.16, format the tape (or get a new one), and then dump the data again using ftape 3.04d. Oh, and DON'T use the built-in compression support. It's gone in ftape 4 :-)
>I am not a subscriber to this mailing list so I was advised to ask >you to Cc any reply to me at solon@macaulay.demon.co.uk
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