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unload tape device error
Name: Richard Coles Date: August 29, 2002 at 08:56:08 Pacific
Comment:
Hi all,
I am attempting to list tar images from a DLT device, using: tar tvf /device. However an error is returned:
tar: blocksize = 8 tar: directory checksum error
Firstly, what does it mean? Secondly, what suggestions do you have to resolve this?
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