A user tried to untar a DLT tape with the following error:
%tar -xvf /dev/rmt2h
..
-rw------- 201/0 344 May 11 14:38:20 1998 bmute.mut
-rw-rw-rw- 201/0 2652176384 May 8 08:55:17 1998 GREGRID1
tar: tartape : This doesn't look like a tar archive
tar: tartape : Skipping to next file...
%
Apparently the tape had been tar-ed before the patch was applied to the
4.0D system. He told me that (1) the file GREGRID1 is actually about
6GB, and (2) there are other smaller (<2GB) files behind this large
file. I used dd and showed there are indeed over 10 GB behind this large
file.
The question is, can we salvage his data, specially those smaller files?
Thanks for your help.
Received on Fri May 22 1998 - 19:12:59 NZST