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Hi. I have been having problems with restoring from a tape backup. I use the following cpio command:

find / -print | cpio -ouvB > /dev/rStp0

After running this cpio command, the screen will display all files, but when I try to read or restore the tape I get the following error:

Tape input has reached end of media To continue type device name and press enter.

Also, when I type tape status I get hard errors.

I would appreciate any help forum members can provide.

Thanks

this most likely means the backup tape you are using is full and you ought to insert a fresh new one in the tape drive.