When I try to extract a certain directory from our tape drive using: tar -xvf /dev/st0 home/FV/etimine tar dies (D in ps -aux) tar -tvf /dev/st0 works, it displays the tar's contents a complete extraction also works upgraded to tar 1.13 already, same error
sorry, tar also seems "D" (dead) during a full restore or something why does it show as "dead"? confusion!
The process state "D" means "uninterruptible sleep (IO)", and is perfectly normal for tasks handling slow media such as tape drives or floppy disks.