Xref: utzoo comp.unix.questions:8138 comp.unix.wizards:9813 Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!att!osu-cis!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!rutgers!uwvax!vanvleck!uwmcsd1!ig!agate!ucbvax!hplabs!pyramid!wjvax!jeffs From: jeffs@wjvax.UUCP (Jeffery Siou) Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions,comp.unix.wizards Subject: Salvaging info on a streamer tape Keywords: HELP Message-ID: <1311@wjvax.UUCP> Date: 11 Jul 88 19:09:56 GMT Distribution: na Organization: Watkins-Johnson Co., San Jose Lines: 39 Help! I need help/info regarding restoring information off a streamer tape that is possibly scrozzeled. Here's what happened.... I've been saving and adding information on a tape. I started out at 'mt fsf 0' and every time I needed to add something I used 'mt fsf x' with x being the next unused track(or block) and now I'm at 'mt fsf 18'. But some how or some where when I tried to go to 'mt fsf 19' I got an 'I/O' error. Then when I tried going to 'mt fsf 18' same error. I then rewound the tape' mt rew' , All the info was correct from 'mt fsf 0' to 'mt fsf 8'. I then tried 'mt fsf 9', then i did a 'tar -tv', there was supposed to be 10 files here, but 3 showed up and then I got a 'tar:read error'. I can not go to anything above 'mt fsf 9' without getting an error. Now my question is is there any way to salvage track 10 through 18? Again I can't get pass 'mt fsf 9' without getting an error. Any help greatly appreciated... Thanks in advance. +---------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | jeffery siou | | ...!{ !decwrl!qubix, ames!oliveb!tymix, pyramid}!wjvax!jeffs | | | | the above opinions are mine alone and not, in any way, those of WJ. | | | +---------------------------------------------------------------------------+ |