tcopy

[Patrick Boutilier]

Will McCorkle wrote:
> Yes, the data is put on the tape in 18 images using tar.

Have you tried dd ? This command might work (substitute real /dev devices).

dd if=/dev/tape1 of=/dev/tape2



> 
> Thank You
> Will McCorkle
> Systems Administrator
> DG Systems
> wmccorkle at dgsystems.com
> 972-581-2119
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: fedora-list-bounces at redhat.com
> [mailto:fedora-list-bounces at redhat.com] On Behalf Of Patrick Boutilier
> Sent: Tuesday, September 14, 2004 12:34 PM
> To: For users of Fedora Core releases
> Subject: Re: tcopy
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> 
> On 09/14/2004 02:26 PM, Will McCorkle wrote:
> 
>>Yes, both are Exabyte Mammath 8900 drives and I can pull and put data
>>from both drives, but when I try tcopy it gives i/o errors.
>>
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> 
> Any idea what format the data is on the source tapes? tar ?
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> 
>>Thank You
>>Will McCorkle
>>Systems Administrator
>>DG Systems
>>wmccorkle at dgsystems.com
>>972-581-2119
>>
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