Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 14 Apr 2001 19:42:09 +0200 (CEST) | From | Geert Uytterhoeven <> | Subject | Re: SCSI tape corruption problem |
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On Sat, 14 Apr 2001, Marc SCHAEFER wrote: > Now try this: > > cd ~archive > mt -f /dev/tapes/tape0 rewind > tar cvf - . | gzip -9 | dd of=/dev/tapes/tape0 bs=32k > > and then: > > mt -f /dev/tapes/tape0 rewind > dd if=/dev/tapes/tape0 bs=32k | gzip -d | tar --compare -v -f - > > The above is the proper way to talk to a tape drive through gzip.
So you make gzip use blocks of 32 kB.
Do you also mean it is illegal to use blocksize 10 kB (default tar, no gzip) with a tape drive??
Gr{oetje,eeting}s,
Geert
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