Subject: Re: restore(8)/tape quirk in 1.4?
To: None <current-users@netbsd.org, hauke@Espresso.Rhein-Neckar.DE>
From: Ross Harvey <ross@ghs.com>
List: current-users
Date: 05/16/1999 13:21:52
> From: Hauke Fath <hauke@Espresso.Rhein-Neckar.DE>
>
> [not exactly current-users, but close enough]
>
> Trying to restore(8) from a TDC4222 QIC tape drive on NetBSD/mac68k GENERIC
> 1.4 gives me
>
> $@st0: 10240-byte tape record too big for 8192-byte user buffer
> st0(ncrscsi0:5:0):  Check Condition on CDB: 0x08 00 00 20 00 00
>     SENSE KEY:  No Additional Sense
>                 Incorrect Length Indicator Set
>    INFO FIELD:  -2048
>      ASC/ASCQ:  No Additional Sense Information
>
>
> -- specifying the blocksize gives
>
> # restore -i -b10k -v -f /dev/nrst0
> restore: illegal blocksize -- 10k
> #
>
> What is broken here -- my understanding of the matter or 1.4's tape handling?

Try:
	restore -i -b10 -v -f /dev/rst0