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gtar -cvf /dev/rmt0.1: Cannot write: request to device or address not exist

  • 1.  gtar -cvf /dev/rmt0.1: Cannot write: request to device or address not exist

    Posted Fri November 25, 2011 10:48 PM

    Originally posted by: Jason666


    When writting large files to the tape continously, will get the error message:

    gtar: /dev/rmt0.1: Cannot write: There is a request to a device or address that does not exist.
    gtar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now

    Here is code:
    mt -f /dev/rmt0 rewind
    gtar -cvf /dev/rmt0.1 data1.tar.gz
    gtar -cvf /dev/rmt0.1 data2.tar.gz

    The first file is around 60GB.

    If the files are small, for example around 1KB, there won't be any problem.


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