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Large data file not unloading from tape

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Name: TroyS
Date: July 30, 2001 at 10:43:50 Pacific
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We have a 7.6G file that we can cpio to tape
however when we try to recover the file we get the following error message. This error message is a first for me and anyone else I talk to. This is a Compaq Alpha running Tru64 V4.0F
Thanks in Advance
Troy
cpio -iuvB -I /dev/nrmt0h
btabd.data1
cpio: [offset 3404m+38]: Bad magic number
cpio: btabd.data1 : May be corrupt
cpio: [offset 3470m+904k+48]: Bad swapped pathname length
cpio: [offset 3811m+568k+48]: Bad binary pathname length
cpio: [offset 3982m+904k+48]: Bad swapped pathname length
cpio: [offset 4323m+568k+48]: Bad binary pathname length
cpio: [offset 4494m+904k+48]: Bad swapped pathname length
cpio: [offset 4835m+568k+48]: Bad binary pathname length
cpio: [offset 5006m+904k+48]: Bad swapped pathname length
cpio: [offset 5347m+568k+48]: Bad binary pathname length
cpio: [offset 5518m+904k+48]: Bad swapped pathname length
cpio: [offset 5859m+568k+48]: Bad binary pathname length
cpio: [offset 6030m+904k+48]: Bad swapped pathname length
cpio: [offset 6371m+568k+48]: Bad binary pathname length
cpio: [offset 6542m+904k+48]: Bad swapped pathname length



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