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# 8  
Old 08-01-2014
I've added ICODE tags to your text to make the command and output clearer like this:-

Quote:
I entered: [ICODE]tar -tvm /dev/rmt/0m[/ICODE] the system returned: [ICODE]Tar: tape read error[/ICODE]

Do you actually mean the command: tar -tvf /dev/rmt/0m instead? I would think that the m flag would error anyway. This would suggest that it is not a tar format tape. What install instructions do you have? There is probably a clue in there. Maybe it's just extracting an installer script that we can then examine. What do you have from the supplier?


Robin
# 9  
Old 08-01-2014
I actually did use tar -tvf /dev/rmt/0m

sorry for the FAT finger
Last edited by Scott; 08-02-2014 at 03:32 PM.. Reason: Code tags
# 10  
Old 08-02-2014
The m option is probally a type or?
I would do following, en look what can read the tape:
Code:
mt -f /dev/rmt/0m rewind && echo ok
mt -f /dev/rmt0m status && echo okidoki
tar -tvf /dev/rmt/0m 
cpio -itv /dev/0m

dd if=/dev/rmt/0m of=/tmp/0m.dd #should always work to read the tape
                             of=/dev/null #just test reading

#If you have hp-ux software on tape, you can use swinstall directly or use swcopy
#to check have it on disk as well. 
swcopy -s /dev/rmt/0m \* @ /full_path_to/depot
swinstall -s /full_path_to/depot -x patch_match_target=true SOFTWARENAME

Last edited by Scott; 08-02-2014 at 03:32 PM.. Reason: Use code tags, please...
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rbatte1
# 11  
Old 01-06-2015
turns out it was a bad tape drive
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